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If you ever come across a skull without an incision line, you can be damn sure there's a brain in there.

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[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 13 points 2 months ago

False. If the flesh covering the skull has decayed there's a good chance the brain tissue has also decomposed or been eaten by insects.

Also it's called craniotomy or possibly osteotomy not an "incision".

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Depends on the age of the skeleton and the environment doesn't it? The brain cavity isn't 100% sealed. There's openings for optic nerves, blood vessels, spinal cord, etc.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

There's a guy named Bill Bass that you might enjoy reading about. He has some books about the 'body farm' in Tennessee, where they study body decomposition in different situations.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I googled it for us, guys:

[–] philpo 2 points 2 months ago

You can, without much work actually, remove the brain through the cervical hole (the hole the spine is "connected" to)

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

This was reported because it violates the rule that the entire shower thought must be in the title. It's always worth a quick scan of a community's rules before posting.

Also didn't they pull brains out the nose for mummification?