Cold temperatures found to cause nasal structure similarities between Neanderthal and modern humans
October 31, 2017 by Bob Yirka report
3-D reconstruction of Neanderthal skulls based on CT scans. Credit: A. Balzeau (Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France)
(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that Neanderthals and modern humans both evolved in ways that allowed for better breathing through the nose in a cold climate. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group also notes that there were similarities in the ways that both adapted to the cold.
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