Frontal sinuses and human evolution

Antoine Balzeau; Lou Albessard-Ball; Anna Maria Kubicka; Andréa Filippo; Amélie Beaudet; Elena Santos; Thibault Bienvenu; Juan Luis Arsuaga; Antonis Bartsiokas; Lee Berger; José María Bermúdez de Castro; Michel Brunet; Kristian J. Carlson; Joan Daura; Vassilis G. Gorgoulis; Frederick E. Grine; Katerina Harvati; John Hawks; Andy Herries; Jean Jacques Hublin; Jiaming Hui; Rachel Ives; Josephine A. Joordens; Yousuke Kaifu; Mirsini Kouloukoussa; Baptiste Léger; David Lordkipanidze; Ann Margvelashvili; Jesse Martin; María Martinón-Torres; Hila May; Aurélien Mounier; Anton du Plessis; Todd Rae; Carolin Röding; Montserrat Sanz; Patrick Semal; Dominic Stratford; Chris Stringer; Mirriam Tawane; Heiko Temming; Evangelia Tsoukala; João Zilhão; Bernhard Zipfel; Laura T. Buck

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Frontal sinuses and human evolution

Antoine Balzeau^*, Lou Albessard-Ball, Anna Maria Kubicka, Andréa Filippo, Amélie Beaudet, Elena Santos, Thibault Bienvenu, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Antonis Bartsiokas, Lee Berger, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Michel Brunet, Kristian J. Carlson, Joan Daura, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis, Frederick E. Grine, Katerina Harvati, John Hawks, Andy Herries, Jean Jacques HublinJiaming Hui, Rachel Ives, Josephine A. Joordens, Yousuke Kaifu, Mirsini Kouloukoussa, Baptiste Léger, David Lordkipanidze, Ann Margvelashvili, Jesse Martin, María Martinón-Torres, Hila May, Aurélien Mounier, Anton du Plessis, Todd Rae, Carolin Röding, Montserrat Sanz, Patrick Semal, Dominic Stratford, Chris Stringer, Mirriam Tawane, Heiko Temming, Evangelia Tsoukala, João Zilhão, Bernhard Zipfel, Laura T. Buck

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The frontal sinuses are cavities inside the frontal bone located at the junction between the face and the cranial vault and close to the brain. Despite a long history of study, understanding of their origin and variation through evolution is limited. This work compares most hominin species' holotypes and other key individuals with extant hominids. It provides a unique and valuable perspective of the variation in sinuses position, shape, and dimensions based on a simple and reproducible methodology. We also observed a covariation between the size and shape of the sinuses and the underlying frontal lobes in hominin species from at least the appearance of Homo erectus. Our results additionally undermine hypotheses stating that hominin frontal sinuses were directly affected by biomechanical constraints resulting from either chewing or adaptation to climate. Last, we demonstrate their substantial potential for discussions of the evolutionary relationships between hominin species.

Original language	English
Article number	eabp9767
Journal	Science advances
Volume	8
Issue number	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abp9767
State	Published - Oct 2022

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Funders	Funder number
Fondation Fyssen
University of Roehampton
SapienCE
Human Origins Research Fund
Primate Society of Great Britain
Department of Archaeology
Calleva Foundation
Leakey Trust
Universitetet i Bergen
Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	DFG FOR 2237
European Research Council	ERC-CoG-724703
UK Research and Innovation	53706
Agence Nationale de la Recherche	ANR-20-CE27-0009
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación	PGC2018-093925-B-C31
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	101019659
Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation	YS-21-1595

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Balzeau, A., Albessard-Ball, L., Kubicka, A. M., Filippo, A., Beaudet, A., Santos, E., Bienvenu, T., Arsuaga, J. L., Bartsiokas, A., Berger, L., de Castro, J. M. B., Brunet, M., Carlson, K. J., Daura, J., Gorgoulis, V. G., Grine, F. E., Harvati, K., Hawks, J., Herries, A., ... Buck, L. T. (2022). Frontal sinuses and human evolution. Science advances, 8(42), Article eabp9767. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abp9767

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