You might think you have two nostrils, but you'd be wrong. You have four. This discovery came from observing how fish breathe. Fish get their oxygen from water, and most of them have two pairs of nostrils, a forward-facing set for letting water in, and a pair of exhaust pipes for letting water out. The question is, if humans evolved from fishes, where did the other pair of nostrils go? The answer is that they migrated back inside the head to become internal nostrils. These connect to the throat and are what allow us to breathe through our noses.