Ecogeographic variation across morphofunctional units of the human nose

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Maddux, Scott D., Butaric, Lauren N., Yokley, Todd R., Franciscus, Robert G.
• Other Authors: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Pyramid; Fossa
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23100; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.23100; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.23100

Abstract Objectives Although the internal nose is overwhelmingly responsible for heat and moisture exchange during respiration, external nasal morphology is more commonly cited as evincing climatic adaptation in humans. Here, we assess variation across all four morphofunctional units of the complete...