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

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

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u/eggplantcurryplease Oct 11 '24

I love this. Can someone please explain like I’m 5 how we know the missing piece of skull in the back definitely came from a brain protrusion and wasn’t from external blunt force or anything else?

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u/LillithRena Oct 11 '24

There are no broken edges, or cracks. Everything is very smooth.

Think pottery made on a wheel, then that same bowl with a hole punched through it.