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Human canines and dietary choices | #Keep’n it simple
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Humans have canines. Does that mean our ancestors were carnivores? Does that mean we are?
The teeth debates are all over the internet. e.g. regarding the Paleo diet. Some argue our teeth shape means our ancestors ate ABC and because of that we have to eat XYZ.
Some say canines mean we evolved eating meat, others say this our canines are pathetic and some herbivores have canines.
Does it matter?
Mortality and life expectancy of our ancestors:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029716/#!po=20.5882
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