midfacial
English
Etymology
mid- + facial
Adjective
midfacial (not comparable)
- in the middle of the face
- 2001 January 12, Milford H. Wolpoff et al., “Modern Human Ancestry at the Peripheries: A Test of the Replacement Theory”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, DOI: , pages 293-297:
- Mlade 5 has a Neandertal-like sagittal contour, a well-developed occipitomastoid crest, minimal mastoid projection, and evidence of midfacial prognathism, insofar as the marked anterior projection of the upper face predicts this.
- 1997 May 30, J. M. Bermudez de Castro et al., “A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans”, in Science, volume 276, number 5317, DOI: , pages 1392-1395:
- The fully modern midfacial morphology of the fossils antedates other evidence of this feature by about 650,000 years.
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