Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann.

"Skull collection by Alan Dudley."

Includes index.

Amphibians. Frogs --Newts --Birds. Seabirds --Birds of prey --Game birds --Kingfishers and hornbills --Toucans and woodpeckers --Nightjars and swifts --Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas --Owls --Parrots --Passerines (perching birds) --Penguins --Pigeons --Wading birds --Waterbirds --Fish. Spiny-finned fish --Piranha and catfish --Eels --Codlike fish and frogfish --Pike --Bowfish --Mammals. Aardvarks --Armadillos --Bandicoots --Pangolins --Bats --Carnivores --Egg-laying mammals --Even-toed ungulates --Odd-toed ungulates --Flying lemurs --Hedgehogs --Marsupials --Moles and shrews --Opossums --Primates --Rabbits and hares --Rodents --Sloths --Tenrecs --Treeshrews --Hyraxes --Elephants --Whales and dolphins --Reptiles. Crocodiles --Lizards and snakes --Turtles.

Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and species-specific features like horns, teeth, beaks and bills), information about the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and a look at skulls in religion, art and popular culture, his stories and information are riveting and enlightening.