Did Violence Shape Our Faces? (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

Did Violence Shape Our Faces?

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University of Utah biologist David Carrier and Michael H. Morgan, a University of Utah physician, contend that human faces -- especially those of our australopith ancestors -- evolved to minimize injury from punches to the face during fights between males. Their research is published in the June 9 issue of Biological Reviews.

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