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English translation for "occiput"

n. occiput, back part of the head or skull (anatomy)
Example Sentences:
1.The original skull was incomplete consisting of frontal and parietal bones, with a partial occiput, one temporal and a fragment of mandible.
Le crâne de 1913 est incomplet, constitué des os frontaux et pariétaux, avec un occiput partiel, un os temporal, et un fragment de mandibule.
2.It has been described by Tyler (1996), who found that the occipital angle of the whole cranium must have been at about 120°, which according to him would be out of the known range of Homo erectus, the latter having a much more angled occiput.
Il a été décrit par Tyler en 1996, qui a trouvé que l'angle occipital du crâne entier devait être d'environ 120°, ce qui selon lui sortirait de la variabilité d'Homo erectus, celui-ci ayant un occiput bien plus anguleux.
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