Re: How Meat Eating CHanged Us - More On "Dental Chaos"/"Evolution Of Cooking"

From: firstjois (firstjoisyike_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:45:12 -0500

Rich Travsky wrote:
>>
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0218_050218_human_diet.html
>>
>> Meat-eating has impacted the evolution of the human body, scientists
>> reported today at the American Association for the Advancement of
>> Science's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
>>
>> Our fondness for a juicy steak triggered a number of adaptations
>> over countless generations. For instance, our jaws have gotten
>> smaller, and we have an improved ability to process cholesterol and
>> fat.
>>
>> Our taste for meat has also led us into some trouble-our teeth are
>> too big for our downsized jaws and most of us need dental work.
>>
>> "It's really amazing what we know now that we didn't know 15 or 20
>> years ago," said Mark Teaford, a professor at Baltimore's Johns
>> Hopkins University. Teaford helped organize a panel discussion on
>> human diet from a number of perspectives:
>>

I wonder why he's not heard of C. L. Brace?

Jois