Memories of the 28th Century

The basics of human evolution are pretty well known, but there is one matter that hasn’t been tied down, yet. That is the matter of tooth size, cooking, and diet; these are closely related, and they relate to digestion and metabolism. The earliest hominids and their ancestors had teeth that were similar to present day apes, including large canine teeth and larger molars (for grinding up vegetable matter. The large teeth were necessary to process coarse, hard foods such as nuts, and woody plants. ...