Facing a violent past: Evolution of human ancestors' faces a result of need to weather punches during arguments, study suggests
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 12:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An alternative to the previous long-held hypothesis that the evolution of the robust faces of our early ancestors resulted largely from the need to chew hard-to-crush foods such as nuts has been presented by researchers. The prehistoric version of a bar fight -- over women, resources and other slug-worthy disagreements -- are what shaped our facial evolution, new research suggests.