Phys Org
by Tokyo Medical and Dental University
April 17, 2024
Humans, Homo sapiens, have unique features compared with other closely related hominin species and primates, including the shape of the base of the skull. The evolutionary changes underlying these features were significant in allowing the evolution of our increased brain size.
Now, in a study recently published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, a team from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), the University of Helsinki, and the University of Barcelona has analyzed a genomic variant responsible for this unique human skull base morphology.