Re: Neanderthal Nose Consequence Of Large Jaw


Rich Travsky wrote:
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> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050423/note17.asp
>
> From Milwaukee, at a joint meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society
and
> American Association of Physical Anthropologists
>
> Fossil evidence that Neandertals possessed exceptionally large,
broad
> noses has often been explained as an evolutionary response to life
in
> cold, dry locales. ...
>
> However, new data indicate that climate played no role in shaping
the
> Neandertal nose. Marc R. Meyer of the University of Pennsylvania in
> Philadelphia and his coworkers found similarly sized nasal passages
> in a set of 10 Neandertal skulls, some from Mediterranean and Middle
> Eastern sites that were warm and humid and others from frigid
European
> sites.
> ...
Rich,
If you have the article,this one would appreciate a copy.
bobandjoany@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Bob
> Noses don't evolve independently of other facial structures, Meyer
> argues. A large Neandertal upper jaw laid the anatomical groundwork
for
> a broad nose, he proposes. Citing measurements of Neandertal and
modern
> skulls, Meyer and his colleagues find that the wider the upper jaw,
the
> larger the nasal cavity.
>
> Meyer, M.R., M.L. Chang, and J. Lewis. 2005. Functional morphology
of
> the Neandertal nose. Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American
> Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 6-9. Milwaukee.

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