{
  "id": 2700970,
  "title": "Region-specific patterns of sexual shape variation in the human bony labyrinth: 3D geometric morphometric analysis of a sample with known genomic sex",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/region-specific-patterns-of-sexual-shape-variation-in-the-human-bony",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.19.745177v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The human bony labyrinth has attracted increasing interest because of its taxonomic, evolutionary, and functional significance. Although sexual dimorphism has been reported in several aspects of the temporal bone, the extent to which sex, age, size, and allometry contribute to labyrinth shape variation remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated patterns of sexual shape variation in the…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}