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New study identifies risk factors in severity of 'flat head syndrome' in babies

A new study by physician researchers from Hasbro Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston identifies risk factors for the severity of asymmetrical head shapes, known as deformational plagiocephaly (DP), or more ...

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Researchers offer alternate theory for found skull's asymmetry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new turn in the debate over explanations for the odd features of LB1 -- the specimen number of the only skull found in Liang Bua Cave on the Indonesian island of Flores and sometimes called "the hobbit" ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link

Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 7

Facial asymmetry persists despite surgery to correct congenital deformity

Adults and teens that underwent surgery as infants to correct a congenital condition that causes the forehead and face to appear uneven still have a degree of facial asymmetry years later, according to new research led by ...

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created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

No Hobbits in this Shire

The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed but are some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the ...

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created Aug 21, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (29) | comments 0


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