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To: TomB
The presence of "meat chewing" teeth is a physiological aspect of our anatomy while the pavlovian reflex is a conditioned response. One that has been bred out of us over the millenia.

Scientific fact or personal opinion? Proof?

Looking at the state of our dentition, we have actually evolved smaller mouths. So much so that it has become necessary to cook our food and use utensils on it in order to better eat it.

And yet despite all these eons of evolution, we still desire to and are able to eat the fruits of the trees and the grains of the fields in their natural state.

192 posted on 02/22/2005 1:29:00 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Scientific fact or personal opinion? Proof?

Everything I learned about this I learned out of my dental school texts. But this is a bit of an explanation, althought I'm sure it won't suffice.

And yet despite all these eons of evolution, we still desire to and are able to eat the fruits of the trees and the grains of the fields in their natural state.

Did you ever look at the human dentition compared to a cow's or a dog's? It represents a convergence of both. The anterior incisors and canines are closely related to carnivores, for tearing and ripping meat, while the posterior molars are better suited to grinding and mashing fruits and grains. We have developed to eat both. Of that there can be no doubt.

193 posted on 02/22/2005 1:39:13 PM PST by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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