Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
Categories: Science & Math
Paleoanthropologist Peter S. Ungar shows how fossil teeth reveal the diets, environments and evolution of our ancestors. Teeth record what animals eat in their shape, wear and chemistry. Ungar uses this evidence to tell how climate change and new foods shaped human evolution over millions of years. He also explains why many modern people have dental problems such as crowded teeth and impacted wisdom teeth, linking them to our recent change in diet.
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- Shane Parrish: “Honestly, I thought I was going to skim through this one, as I expected it to be a lot of molar measurements. But this is by far one of the most interesting and accessible books I have read on human evolution. It’s a total page turner.”