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With the humanization of the primates during evolution, the nose lost its near relation to the mandible and the olfactory sense was reduced. With the retraction of the snout, the verticalization and enlargement of the face, and the orbits migrating anteriorly, the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses ended up occupying the interorbital space under the anterior skull and over the oral cavity. The ethmoid became multicellular and expanded laterally, helping to build up the lateral walls of the nasal cavity and participating more intensively in the respiratory process (Fig.1).
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Navarro, J.A.C., de Lima Navarro, J., de Lima Navarro, P. (2001). Development and Growth of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses. In: The Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56829-9_1
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