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Pulling faces

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Craniofacial modelling illustrates the lack of a biomechanical function for the hominin browridge and points to a potential role in social communication.

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Fig. 1: Differences in the morphology and size of the browridges in the Kabwe 1 hominin (left) and a modern H. sapiens skull (right).

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