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Letter: More chin stroking on the human chin (1)

Published 18 March 2026

From James Edmondson, Yeovil, Somerset, UK

I found the article concerning the evolution of human chins very interesting. The suggestion that sexual selection could be partially or wholly responsible implies that this evolutionary trend could take place quite rapidly. I would be interested to know whether the researchers, or anybody else, have noticed another human oddity: increasing neck length (21 February, p 7).

Issue no. 3587 published 21 March 2026

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