Reinert Korsnes  wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> could anybody give me a reference to theories
> about the evolution of the shape of the (human) nose 
> and how it is affected by the climate ?
> 
> reinert

The earliest hypothesis, found in Candide, is that it is there to
support spectacles.

[Sorry - I just had nothing sensible to offer; and Panglossian
hypotheses are on-topic :-)]
-- 
John Wilkins
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