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In hindsight, I really didn't mean to emphatically state: "The overbite is the direct result of humans developing/using eating utensils" I just meant to menti
by will_brown 12y ago
In hindsight, I really didn't mean to emphatically state:
"The overbite is the direct result of humans developing/using eating utensils"
I just meant to mention the theory and that I thought I first learned about the theory on the HN front page, but perhaps I read about it elsewhere anyway.
Looking just quickly at Google I believe the theory originates with Anthropologist, C. Loring Brace [1] a specialist in the evolution of hominid teeth[2].
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Loring_Brace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Loring_Brace
[2]http://benedante.blogspot.com/2013/03/overbites-and-history-of-civilization.html http://benedante.blogspot.com/2013/03/overbites-and-history-...