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Analysis v1
Big, thick teeth in some ancient human relatives might have made it easier to chew tough foods like roots and tubers when their usual food wasn't available.
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FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY, STABLE ISOTOPES, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION: A MODEL OF CONSILIENCE
Computational/Algorithm Study
2014 JanThe study looks at how thick tooth enamel helped early human relatives chew tough foods like roots, especially when other food was scarce, and finds this idea makes sense based on how their teeth worked.
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No contradicting evidence found
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