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  1. A cranium is the dome-shaped area of the
  2. vertebrate skull that protects the brain. It 
  3. consists of eight bony plates fused together
  4. by sutures (immovable joints). Fossil remains
  5. of the human cranium have aided the 
  6. development of theories concerning human
  7. evolution. 
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  9. Subject by: Mervin Dykes
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