The astonishingly well-preserved nasal cavity of a Neanderthal in Italy has finally settled one of the great debates in ...

Neanderthals have long been portrayed as cold-adapted Ice Age specialists, their broad faces and big noses cast as natural ...

Learn how a common interpretation of Neanderthal noses could be changed due to a skeleton trapped inside a sinkhole.

A paper by Brazilian researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports describes a study showing that a subgroup of olfactory neurons in the nasal cavity express a cellular receptor specializing ...

Respiratory viruses are known for their ability to enter the body through the eyes, nose, or mouth. Our bodies know that, too. The nasal cavity is well-equipped with sticky mucus that traps pathogens ...

Nasal saline flushing is a common practice in every household since ages. Generation have recommended their younger ones to perform a saline nasal flush at least once a day to keep the dirt away from ...