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Nature Neuroscience 11, 739 - 740 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0708-739

The shape of faces (to come)

Paul J Whalen1 & Robert E Kleck1

  1. The authors are at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
    e-mail: paul.j.whalen@dartmouth.edu


Have facial expressions evolved randomly or do their different shapes support some adaptive purpose? New work offers evidence of a selection pressure that may have shaped fearful and disgusted expressions.

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