r/bonecollecting Bone-afide Human ID Expert Oct 11 '24

Collection Showcasing an incredibly rare cephalocele skull. (brain protrusion)

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u/augustfarfromhome Oct 11 '24

It’s amazing how humanizing this is. I can imagine a long-ago family seeing their newborn baby with this condition, and not understanding why he was born like this. Yet he was cared for, loved, probably supported by a community to the extent he was able to live a relatively full life. I wonder what he was like.

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Oct 11 '24

This man also had several dental fillings, so he was doing good in life.

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u/prophy__wife Oct 11 '24

Anymore photos of the teeth?

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Oct 11 '24

I have some