Skulls & Teeth
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Skulls can tell you a great deal about their owners. Through them the vertebrate feeds, senses its environment, communicates with other organisms and even offers some defense against enemies. Thus, we can learn much about an animal from examining the structure of its skull and the teeth in it. In the following exercises, you will learn how to read these structures to gain an understanding of how an animal lives. The tooth type game (Exercise 1) is meant for all and should be completed before moving on to dental formulas (Exercise 2), and Skull/Tooth Shape: Morphometrics (Exercise 3). These later exercises provide experience with the basic tools that scientists use when studying skulls.
Exercises
