Wild primates develop tooth grooves that look almost identical to “toothpick marks” in ancient humans — but no primate shows the wedge-shaped gumline lesions ubiquitous in modern dental clinics. New research reframes both. #paleoanthropology #dentalevolution #fossilrecord https://www.primatology.net/p/what-primate-teeth-reveal-about-a
What Primate Teeth Reveal About a Supposed Human Habit

A new study of wild primates complicates one of paleoanthropology’s oldest claims — and raises a stranger question about what our teeth say about modern life

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