A prominent bulge, or projection, of the occipital bone at the back of the skull[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_bun ]
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Occipital buns are important in scientific descriptions of classic Neanderthal crania. While common among many of mankind's ancestors, primarily robust relatives rather than gracile, the protrusion is relatively rare in modern Homo sapiens..