Morphological variation in the nasal region of extant and fossil hominids

We describe here the mid-facial region of a skull of anatomically modern Homo sapiens (FAI 3/2/1) that exhibits upwardly divergent nasal bones. In previous literature, that pattern has been described as a diagnostic character state for the robust early hominid taxon Paranthropus. This specimen suppo...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie 1990, Vol.78 (2), p.211-216
Main Authors: Eckhardt, Robert B., von Zieten, Reiner Protsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal morphology
Animals
Biological Evolution
Evolution
Fossils
Genetic variation
Hominidae - anatomy & histology
Hominids
Homo sapiens
Humans
macroevolutionary
microevolutionary
mid-facial
Nasal bone
Nasal Bone - anatomy & histology
nasal bones
Osteometry
Paleoanthropology
primate
Primates
Skull
Specimens
Taxa
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Summary:We describe here the mid-facial region of a skull of anatomically modern Homo sapiens (FAI 3/2/1) that exhibits upwardly divergent nasal bones. In previous literature, that pattern has been described as a diagnostic character state for the robust early hominid taxon Paranthropus. This specimen supports our viewpoint that nasal region morphology varies extensively within and between living hominoid primate taxa, in patterns that provide a basis for understanding how microevolutionary variation serves as the basis for macroevolutionary transformations.
ISSN:0044-314X
DOI:10.1127/zma/78/1990/211