Takahashi R
Rhinology. 1977 Dec;15(4):159-65.
The purpose of this research is to determine when in the process of human evolution nasal septal deviation first occurred. There is a higher incidence of nasal septal deviations in man, while the septum of anthropoid ape is vertical and has not been found to have nasal septal deviations. It is said that our ancestors evolved respectively from ape like primates through Australapithecus, Pithecanthropus, Neanderthal man and finally Modern man. I concluded from my observations that the nasal septal deviations in man first occurred at the Neanderthal stage.
本研究的目的是确定在人类进化过程中鼻中隔偏曲首次出现的时间。人类鼻中隔偏曲的发生率较高，而类人猿的鼻中隔是垂直的，尚未发现有鼻中隔偏曲。据说我们的祖先分别从类猿灵长类动物经过南方古猿、直立人、尼安德特人，最终进化为现代人。我从观察中得出结论，人类的鼻中隔偏曲最早出现在尼安德特人阶段。
