Ping!
Honkin’ big paradox ping.
Jewish?
Because they had big fingers and kleenex wouldn't be invented for another 300,000 years.......do the math.
“.....acting as flotation devices!”
wish I could find a pic of Helen Thomas.........
Ping!
All the better to smell you with, my dear.
Air is free
Air’s free...
I asked Charles Darwin this exact question before he died. Charlie said that they migrated from Africa, where big noses helped dissipate the heat, but in the colder European climate, those same noses became liabilities - which is why they went extinct. Who would have thought it was a nose job defect?
Better to sniff out game with.
We have never seen drawings of their gawd-awful facial hairs.
Why did they not have facial hairs but Miller does?
Sorry folks, I couldn’t he’p my observation.
Cold air is dry air. Anyone with bad sinuses can tell you that vigorous heavy breathing in cold weather for extended periods will make your sinuses swell shut and get infected. It would be a horrible handicap in primitive times.
I often suffer with what the doctors call a “dry sinus infection” during winter months. Not enough moisture in the sinuses to deal with the dry winter air. The tissues dry out and swell up. A lack of mucus makes it impossible for the sinuses to flush out bacteria.
I would think an arctic specialized primitive humanoid that survives by physical effort alone would have robust sinuses to deal with this problem. The external portion of your nose is there to capture the moisture in your exhaled breath and absorb it back into your blood. Heavier breathing in colder climates would necessitate a more robust moisture reclamation system...ie bigger schnoz.
Since modern humans survive by their wits instead of their metabolism, a big schnoz could possibly be a liability in cold air since it is more flesh out in the cold requiring more calories to keep it from freezing off.
Just a theory I just now dreamt up.
1. Obvious: Excuse me. Is that your nose or did a bus park
on your face?
2. Meteorological: Everybody take cover. She’s going to
blow.
3. Fashionable: You know, you could de-emphasize your nose
if you wore something larger. Like ... Wyoming.
4. Personal: Well, here we are. Just the three of us.
5. Punctual: Alright gentlemen. Your nose was on time but
you were fifteen minutes late.
6. Envious: Ooooh, I wish I were you. Gosh. To be able to
smell your own ear.
7. Naughty: Pardon me, Sir. Some of the ladies have asked if
you wouldn’t mind putting that thing away.
8. Philosophical: You know. It’s not the size of a nose
that’s important. It’s what’s in it that matters.
9. Humorous: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sneeze and
it’s goodbye Seattle.
10. Commercial: Hi, I’m Earl Schibe and I can paint that
nose for $39.95.
11. Polite: Ah. Would you mind not bobbing your head. The
orchestra keeps changing tempo.
12. Melodic: Everybody! “He’s got the whole world in his
nose.”
13. Sympathetic: Oh, What happened? Did your parents lose a
bet with God?
14. Complimentary: You must love the little birdies to give
them this to perch on.
15. Scientific: Say, does that thing there influence the
tides.
16. Obscure: Oh, I’d hate to see the grindstone.
17. Inquiry: When you stop to smell the flowers, are they
afraid?
18. French: Say, the pigs have refused to find any more
truffles until you leave.
19. Pornographic: Finally, a man who can satisfy two women
at once.
20. Religious: The Lord giveth and He just kept on giving,
didn’t He!
21. Disgusting: Say, who mows your nose hair.
22. Paranoid: Keep that guy away from my cocaine!
23. Aromatic: It must be wonderful to wake up in the morning
and smell the coffee ... in Brazil.
24. Appreciative: Oooo, how original. Most people just have
their teeth capped.
25. Dirty: Your name wouldn’t be Dick, would it?
Too nosy for their own good?
You answer that and it will most likely help you answer the other question
They were very old people. that’s why.
Noses keep growing as long as you’re alive. Same with your brow line. Jaws get bigger as well.
To help them smell..the reason big noses help all predator species.
Now I want a grant.