Meaning & use
Mesorrhine
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Describing a nose of medium width, based on a nasal index that falls between the narrow (leptorrhine) and broad (platyrrhine) categories used in physical anthropology.
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Anthropologists classified the skull as mesorrhine based on its nasal index measurements.
Nasal shape across human populations ranges from mesorrhine to platyrrhine, reflecting varied climatic adaptations.
A note on using this word
This classification, once central to older physical anthropology, is now used mainly in historical and forensic contexts.
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leptorrhineplatyrrhine
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