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To: Pharmboy
Old wisdom has it that since Neanderthals lived in ice-age climates, they needed more lung capacity (and nasal capacity)to take in more air than H. Sapiens. There must be references in the literature somewhere which discusses this.
47 posted on 01/01/2003 7:33:36 AM PST by stanz
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To: stanz
The large nasal passage warmed the air.
54 posted on 01/01/2003 8:14:21 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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