These were among the first mammals to develop high-crowned teeth, a godsend for eating tough vegetation, like dirt-encrusted roots and tubers. Because mammals can’t replace their teeth throughout their lives, eating hard foods is risky, as a broken tooth can mean a death sentence. Evolving supertall teeth, which can gradually wear down over many

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Teeth tell the story of our evolutionary history and the diets that shaped us. By rewinding the clock, we can get to the root and re-discover The Human Diet.