Meanings
adjectivemidfacial (not comparable)
- not comparablein the middle of the face
The fully modern midfacial morphology of the fossils antedates other evidence of this feature by about 650,000 years.
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 1392–13951 more example
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.
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
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Rhymes with midfacial
facialspatialracialglacialmaxillofacialmultiracialcraniofacialpalatialbiracialinterglacialorofacialsubglacialpostglacialperiglacialhemifacialdentofacialabbatialacousticofacialacrofacialbasifacialbifacialbrachyfacialbuccofacialcardiofacial
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