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Gross differences are size and shape. The shape of a human skull is bigger because it has a bigger brain to hold. the rodent doesn't have a bigger brain therefore it doesn't need a bigger skull. also the human skull has holes at the back to hold some vertebrates unlike the rodent skull.

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