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by AlotOfReading
2130 days ago
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A lot of foragers feast extensively on honey and other wild sugars. The Hadza mentioned in a sister comment are one such group and the males have a higher proportion of tooth decay than the females (with little access to honey). Additionally, some groups like the Mbuti practice dental modification that can severely impact tooth health, particularly in older people. What I wasn't sure about was (A) whether craniofacial morphology changes with diet/economic mode and (B) whether that transition is also associated with disorders. I'm not remotely qualified to evaluate the latter, but the former is apparently true. A quick spin through Google pulled up a bunch of well-known papers I've encountered before that pointed it out. Must have just forgotten that detail. [1] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2006.01.004 |
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