Human jaw shrinkage
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human-jaw-shrinkage-167-18047665
title:
Human jaw shrinkage
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Human jaw shrinkage is the phenomenon of continued size reduction of the human mandible and maxilla over the past 12,000 to 15,000 years. Modern human lifestyles and diets are vastly different now from what they were for most of human evolutionary history. Human jaws, as well as oral cavities, have been shrinking ever since the spread of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution. This has been confirmed by bone remains dated to this time period. Researchers are able to infer the basic lifestyl
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encyclopedia
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Human evolutionary phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_jaw_shrinkage
date created:
2021-03-26T20:20:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T13:17:20Z
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