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Skulls :

by Winchester, Simon
Additional authors: Mann, Nick -- photographer.
Physical details: 255 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm ISBN:9781579129125; 1579129129.
Subject(s): Dudley, Alan, -- 1957- | Skull -- Collectors and collecting -- Pictorial works. | Skull in art -- Pictorial works. | Skull. | Skull in art. | Skull -- anatomy & histology. | Vertebrates -- anatomy & histology. | Illustrated works. | Pictorial works. | Collection.
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"Skull collection by Alan Dudley."

Includes index.

Amphibians. Frogs -- Newts -- Birds. Seabirds -- Birds of prey -- Game birds -- Kingfishers and hornbills -- Toucans and woodpeckers -- Nightjars and swifts -- Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas -- Owls -- Parrots -- Passerines (perching birds) -- Penguins -- Pigeons -- Wading birds -- Waterbirds -- Fish. Spiny-finned fish -- Piranha and catfish -- Eels -- Codlike fish and frogfish -- Pike -- Bowfish -- Mammals. Aardvarks -- Armadillos -- Bandicoots -- Pangolins -- Bats -- Carnivores -- Egg-laying mammals -- Even-toed ungulates -- Odd-toed ungulates -- Flying lemurs -- Hedgehogs -- Marsupials -- Moles and shrews -- Opossums -- Primates -- Rabbits and hares -- Rodents -- Sloths -- Tenrecs -- Treeshrews -- Hyraxes -- Elephants -- Whales and dolphins -- Reptiles. Crocodiles -- Lizards and snakes -- Turtles.

Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and species-specific features like horns, teeth, beaks and bills), information about the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and a look at skulls in religion, art and popular culture, his stories and information are riveting and enlightening.

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