Frontal sinuses and human evolution

The frontal sinuses are cavities inside the frontal bone located at the junction between the face and the cranial vault and close to the brain. Despite a long history of study, understanding of their origin and variation through evolution is limited. This work compares most hominin species’ holotype...

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Autores: Balzeau, Antoine, Albessard-Ball, Lou, Kubicka, Anna Maria, Filippo, Andréa, Beaudet, Amelie, Santos, Elena, Bienvenu, Thibault, Arsuaga, Juan Luis, 1954-, Bartsiokas, Antonis, Berger, Lee R., Bermúdez de Castro, José María, 1952-, Brunet, Michel, Carlson, Kristian J., Daura Luján, Joan, Gorgoulis, Vassilis G., Grine, Frederick E., 1952-, Harvati, Katerina, Hawks, John, Herries, Andy, Hublin, Jean-Jacques, Hui, Jiaming, Ives, Rachel, Joordens, Josephine A., Kaifu, Yousuke, Kouloukoussa, Mirsini, Léger, Baptiste, Lordkipanidzé, David, Margvelashvili, Ann M, Martin, Jesse, Martinón-Torres, María, 1974-, May, Hila, Mounier, Aurélien, Du Plessis, Anton, Rae, Tod, Röding, Carolin, Sanz Borràs, Montserrat, Semal, Patrick, Stratford, Dominic, Stringer, Chris, 1947-, Tawane, Mirriam, Temming, Heiko, Tsoukala, Evangelia, Zilhão, João, 1957-, Zipfel, Bernhard, Buck, Laura T.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/207037
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207037
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sins paranasals
Homínids
Evolució humana
Paranasal sinuses
Hominids
Human evolution
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Sumario:The frontal sinuses are cavities inside the frontal bone located at the junction between the face and the cranial vault and close to the brain. Despite a long history of study, understanding of their origin and variation through evolution is limited. This work compares most hominin species’ holotypes and other key individuals with extant hominids. It provides a unique and valuable perspective of the variation in sinuses position, shape, and dimensions based on a simple and reproducible methodology. We also observed a covariation between the size and shape of the sinuses and the underlying frontal lobes in hominin species from at least the appearance of Homo erectus. Our results additionally undermine hypotheses stating that hominin frontal sinuses were directly affected by biomechanical constraints resulting from either chewing or adaptation to climate. Last, we demonstrate their substantial potential for discussions of the evolutionary relationships between hominin species.

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