Behavior Before Biology
Somewhere on the dry savannas of Pliocene Africa, a distant human ancestor was eating something it couldn’t quite chew. Not fruit, not flowers, but tough grasses and starchy roots hidden beneath the soil. The food was coarse, fibrous, and required a jaw built for grinding. The problem? Their teeth hadn’t caught up yet.
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