Metabolic demands and sexual dimorphism in human nasal morphology: A test of the respiratory‐energetics hypothesis

• Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology
• Main Authors: Kelly, Alexa Pennavaria, Ocobock, Cara, Butaric, Lauren Nicole, Maddux, Scott David
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Point Hope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24692; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.24692; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ajpa.24692; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/ajpa.24692

Abstract Objectives Although ecogeographic variation in human nasal morphology is commonly attributed to climatic adaptation, recent research into the “respiratory‐energetics hypothesis” has suggested that metabolic demands for oxygen intake may influence overall nasal size. Here, we further test th...