Medical Hypotheses
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 280-283, September 2009

Why do humans have such a prominent nose? The final result of phylogenesis: A significant reduction of the splanchocranium on account of the neurocranium

  • Ranko Mladina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Neven Skitarelić

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital Zadar, Put Murvice 33, 23000 Zadar, Croatia. Tel.: +385 23314157.
    • ,
  • Katarina Vuković

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

Received 12 March 2009; accepted 26 March 2009. published online 13 May 2009.

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PII: S0306-9877(09)00258-8

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.045

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 280-283, September 2009

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