Sentences with phrase «if sagittal»
Balolia said: «If sagittal crest size and social behaviour are linked in this way, then we could potentially establish that some of our extinct human relatives had a gorilla - like social system.
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They scientists said if the timing of crest development is associated with «intense intrasexual competition» among male primates (where members of the same sex compete for mates), we could look back to the fossil record to see if a similar picture emerges among our extinct ancestors that also had sagittal crests.
«If we can then relate that to ancient human species... What this paper shows is the sagittal crest might also play a role in how those hominins are developing social structures that can then be linked to biology beyond diet.»
If you are familiar with anatomical terms, you will already know that «adduction» means movement toward the sagittal plane of the body.