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SUMMARY:Legends of Facial Hollows - the science of inner space - Dr Todd C
 . Rae\, University of Roehampton
DTSTART:20151104T163000Z
DTEND:20151104T173000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:After a brief flowering in the late 19th/early 20th centuries 
 and some sporadic later contributions before the Millennium\, the science 
 of paranasal pneumatisation (or sinuses) has recently blossomed into a leg
 itimate field of enquiry\, due to new types of imaging\, methods of analys
 is and\, significantly\, better questions being asked.  We now have a comp
 lete picture of the distribution of the various sinuses in primates\, and 
 an inkling of their wider occurrence across vertebrates\, as well\, which 
 allows hypotheses about their function and phylogeny to be addressed with 
 some rigour.  Many hypothesised functional links with climate (particularl
 y cold stress) and biomechanics have been falsified for extant and extinct
  primates\; the challenge remains to determine the precise biological role
  of these odd outpocketings of the nasal cavity.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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