Word: craniums
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...cranium was somewhat squashed, and blowing sand had eroded some of its detail, but it was nearly complete. And in a game where an entire jawbone is regarded as a rare treasure, the fossil was almost a miracle. Over the next seven months, the team found pieces of what it believes are at least five individuals of the same species, including two lower-jaw fragments and three isolated teeth. Without a telltale foot, leg or other skeletal feature, the team could not be positive that the animal walked upright, but its skull is similar in important ways to those...
...Humanoid A French-led research team announced the discovery of the oldest human-like fossil. The skull is from a creature (nicknamed Touma?) that lived 6 to 7 million years ago - 3 million years older than any other known humanoid fossil. The Mission Pal?oanthropologique Franco-Tchadienne found only a cranium and lower jaw, so it's not known whether Touma? walked upright - or how the discovery fits into the pattern of human evolution. SOUTH AFRICA More Perfect Union African leaders launched the African Union, which they hope will assist in averting war, reducing poverty and strengthening the continent...
Despite the continuing appeal of video and computer games, a growing number of consumers are returning to a low-tech, nostalgic pleasure: board games. From 1999 to 2000, sales jumped 23%, as such games as Monopoly, Clue and Cranium found a new audience in adults and frenzied families eager for a Nintendo-free way to socialize. Toy giant Hasbro has been running an ad campaign that plays on just this theme, urging loved ones to gather weekly for "family game nights...
...Maria Weiskott, editor of Playthings magazine. "But particularly during a soft economy, it's important to have something fun and affordable that families can do together. People are remembering how much fun the old games are." But they're also finding fun in new ones, like the best-selling Cranium. Launched in 1998, it asks players to act out, draw or sculpt phrases; more than a million copies have been sold. And the tiny, Toronto-based Faby Games saw its Wordthief (a word game played with cards) sell out when it was launched at Barnes & Noble in 2000 and become...
...little plastic sheath on the end of a shoelace. It is connected to a thin cable that snakes its way from the optic nerve exiting the back of Marie's eye and weaves around the outside of her brain to the stimulator implanted in a small cavity in her cranium. The stimulator, which bypasses the damaged rod and cones cells to send electrical signals directly to the optic nerve, is operated by means of radio signals transmitted from the external video camera...