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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Human faces are getting smaller

Jeff says: "Human faces have shrunk on average by 30% over the last 10,000 years, according to the Sunday Times."

Many men [10,000 years ago] would have had the shape of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s head while women might have looked more like Camilla [the Duchess of Cornwall]. By contrast, Tony Blair and George Bush are good examples of the more delicate modern form.

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