To: Ichneumon
The most striking difference between human teeth and ape teeth is the absence in humans of huge canines. Human teeth are generally smaller and less specialized than those of apes. Since large canines are used in many primate species for social display and competition for dominance, the loss of distinctive canines in Hominid species is sometimes taken as a sign that less competitive and more cooperative forms of social behavior had emerged in very early times. source:
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/phychar/culture-humans-14fourteen.html
A charming smile replaced the need for ferocious canines?
To: ValerieUSA
No Valerie. Big teeth, litte monkey private parts. (wink)
To: ValerieUSA; Ichneumon
"The most striking difference between human teeth and ape teeth is the absence in humans of huge canines." This may just be the one of the biggest piles of offal that ichie has ever posted here. The most striking difference between human teeth and ape teeth is the same difference as between human teeth and cannine teeth: Human teeth are distributed in a parabolic arch, which allows for the various intonations of intelligent speach, while ape and dog teeth are located in parallel jaws.
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11/20/2005 4:18:28 PM PST by
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