Latitudinal variation in light levels drives human visual system size
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Latitudinal variation in light levels drives human visual system size.
Ambient light levels influence visual system size in birds and primates. Here, we argue that the same is true for humans. Light levels, in terms of both the amount of light hitting the Earth's surface and day length, decrease with increasing latitude. We demonstrate a significant positive relationship between absolute latitude and human orbital volume, an index of eyeball size. Owing to tight s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0570