The inferior (lower) alveolar nerve and the inferior alveolar artery are channeled across this foramen, where they travel through the mandibular canal and then leave through the mental foramen.

On the bottom of your skull, there is a distinctive hole. The technical name for the opening is the foramen magnum the great hole that the spinal cord and other critical soft tissues run through.

Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirms Date: March 17, 2017 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected ...

New research further validates that bipedalism (walking upright on two feet) evolved in concert with unique features of the human skull. The latest paper on the anthropologic significance of two ...