Meanings
adjectivelambdoidal (not comparable)
- not comparablelambdoid
Examination of characteristics said to be unique for Neandertals (22 ) indicates that Mlade 6 has a suprainiac fossa of elliptical form, extensive lambdoidal flattening, and a short posterior face on the occiput.
2001 January 12, Milford H. Wolpoff et al., “Modern Human Ancestry at the Peripheries: A Test of the Replacement Theory”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI, pages 293–297
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