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If you were to look at an ancient skull, anything older than about 500 years old, you would see straight teeth, a very broad jaw, a prognathic face, and these huge nasal apertures.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2021

H. habilis had a jaw that was less prognathic than the australopiths and a larger brain, at 600–750 cubic centimeters.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It also had prognathic jaws, which is a relatively longer jaw than that of modern humans.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Rather more prognathic than I like these days.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2012

Define meritricious; prognathic; banal; vulpine; camaraderie; vilification; ennui; quixotic; naïve; pharisaism.

From Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day by Heydrick, Benjamin A.