Markus Bastir, Daniel Sanz-Prieto, José María López-Rey, Carlos A Palancar, Marta Gómez-Recio, Miguel López-Cano, José María González-Ruíz, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Manuel A Burgos, Benoit Beyer, Daniel García-Martínez
This paper presents an updated view on the morphological and functional significance of the human respiratory system in the context of human evolutionary anatomy. While usually the respiratory system is treated either from a craniofacial perspective, mostly in the context of nasal evolution and air-conditioning, or from a postcranial perspective featuring on overall thoracic shape changes, here we pursue a holistic perspective on the form, function, integration, and evolutionary change of the entire organismal system in hominins...
December 23, 2022: Journal of Anthropological Sciences : JASS