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In this study, we conducted an interspecific comparison of the nasomaxillary region in chimpanzees and modern humans with the aim of producing a method for predicting the positions of the nasal tips of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. We addressed this aim by first collecting and performing regression analyses of linear and angular measurements of nasal cavity length and inclination in modern humans (<jats:italic>Homo sapiens<\/jats:italic>;<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 72) and chimpanzees (<jats:italic>Pan troglodytes<\/jats:italic>;<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 19), and then performing a set of out-of-group tests. The first test was performed on four subjects that belonged to the same genus as the training sample, i.e.,<jats:italic>Homo<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 2) and<jats:italic>Pan<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 2), and the second test, which functioned as an interspecies compatibility test, was performed on<jats:italic>Pan paniscus<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 1),<jats:italic>Gorilla gorilla<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 3),<jats:italic>Pongo pygmaeus<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 1),<jats:italic>Pongo abelli<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 1),<jats:italic>Symphalangus syndactylus<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 3), and<jats:italic>Papio hamadryas<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 3). We identified statistically significant correlations in both humans and chimpanzees with slopes that displayed homogeneity of covariation. Prediction formulae combining these data were found to be compatible with humans and chimpanzees as well as all other African great apes, i.e., bonobos and gorillas. 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