CHIN, PAUL E. Paul E. Chin, devoted family man and good friend, was born , in Hong Kong to proud parents Hayden and Suzanne.

Understanding the Context

Together with little sisters Cindy and Tina, Paul grew up ... Roy Jones Jr. (66-10, 47 KOs) wants to take a shot at Jake Paul (11-1, 7 KOs). ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ Mike Tyson (50-7-2, 44 KOs) recently suffered a devastating loss against the far younger ...

Key Insights

The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we know about it so far. While some researchers have argued that animals like elephants and manatees have chin-like protrusions, they’re not the same T-shaped structures that protrude beyond our own bottom teeth.

Final Thoughts

Why are humans the only species with a chin? - Live Science “The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” says study co-author ... To dig into the murky origins of the human chin, we spoke to one of the study’s co-authors, Lauren Schroeder, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Toronto Mississauga.