Today's Trivia
According to researchers, this facial feature “evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary by-product resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull.” What is this feature?
“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary by-product resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” study author Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel said in a statement. (Read more on Nautilus)
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