Re: Death of a hypothesis

Elaine Morgan (elaine@desco.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 4 Jul 1996 13:30:43 GMT

In article <Dt3n0z.GoK@inter.NL.net> ghanenbu@inter.nl.net wrote...

> Elaine Morgan <elaine@desco.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> I doubt that the anterior nasal spine

Careful! They won't let me call it that!

,which is only slightly
> projecting,is much of a support for the nose (or that the nose even
> requires that support from the nasal spine).The projecting part of the
> nose consists mainly of cartilage which is firmly attached to the bony
> nasal septum,nasal bones,and only partly to the maxilla.

I imagined (only guessing) that the septum was attached to the
projecting piece of whatevervthey call it.

Elaine

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