Anthropologists: male skull evolved under the punches – BFM.Ru

Scientists have explained the differences in the skulls of men and women

American anthropologists from the University of Utah, supporters quite unpopular in the scientific theory of “aggressive evolution” published new arguments favor of that man developed through acts of violence. The study is published in the June issue of Biological Reviews, reports Phys.Org.

According to these scholars, men skull shape evolved from the time of Australopithecus to withstand impacts during fights. To prove their theory, they compared the device skull modern men living in Africa Australopithecus, as well as some species of hominids that lived 5.4 million years ago. According to them, most notably changed those bones that during the fight take the brunt of impact load – they become thicker and stronger. Thus, such changes were made only males but not females. This explains the differences in the structure of the skull of modern men and women.

However, scientists agree that the most likely in the scientific world, their theory will again be perceived cold and critical.

Earlier anthropologists were able to prove that the first Americans lived in Siberia .