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Tooth be told: Millions of years of evolutionary history mark those molars

  • Written by Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
imageUpper teeth of a Neanderthal who lived about 40,000 years ago.Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, CC BY-NC

“Show me your teeth and I’ll tell you who you are.” These words, attributed to 19th-century naturalist George Cuvier, couldn’t be more correct. The pearly whites we use every day over and over and over again are clues not just...

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