Skulls will tell you a lot if you will take the time to look and learn.
For example, these two skulls are from my collection and both are bulldogs.
One is an English Bulldog, and the other a large American Pit Bull.
Look at these two skulls carefully and pay special attention to the area where the brain would sit (I will measure true cranial volume in another post).
Look at the smooth dome on top of the English Bulldog as compared the occipital and saggital crest that comes with the American Pit Bull.
What's that mean?
What does it tell you about the relationship between brain size and jaw strength?
I am adding another skull for comparison -- two pictures of the same skull, below. This is an average-sized red fox skull. Notice the relative size of the brain case and the lack of a saggital crest. What does this tell us about the brain to jaw-strength ratio?
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