THE PLASTERED SKULLS FROM THE PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC B SITE OF YIFTAHEL (ISRAEL)--A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-BASED ANALYSIS.

The plastered skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Yiftahel (Israel)--a computed tomography-based analysis.

Three plastered skulls, dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, were found at the site of Yiftahel, Wheel Adapter in the Lower Galilee (Israel).The skulls underwent refitting and restoration processes, details of which are described herein.All three belong to adults, of which two appear to be males and one appears to be a female.Virtual cross-sectio

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Two new species in the Echinoderes coulli group (Echinoderidae, Cyclorhagida, Kinorhyncha) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Two new species belonging to the Echinoderes coulli group are described with their external morphologies and sequences of nuclear 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA genes, and mitochondrial COI gene.The first species, Echinoderes komatsui sp.n., is characterized by absence of acicular Red Raspberry spines, and presence of lateroventral tubules on segments 5 and

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