Via New Scientist:
.... Neanderthals, bless 'em, were never going to win any beauty contests. Now scans of their skulls show their robust faces, with wide noses and prominent cheekbones, weren't even adaptations to the cold...
"Their sinuses are smaller than average, probably because air warming happens only in the nasal cavity which has grown bigger to leave less space for the sinuses," says Todd Rae from Roehampton University in London.
To find out how big – or small – Neanderthal sinuses really were, Rae and colleagues analysed data from X-rays and 3D CT scans of Neanderthal skulls....
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