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Newbie - 02 Oct 2007 15:00 GMT

Rather short article but may be of some minimal interest.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071001/sc_livescience/newwisdomonwisdomteeth

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Amatus Cremona - 02 Oct 2007 15:37 GMT

Sounds like the author did not know to take into consideration the
aggressive interproximal wear of teeth in a hunter-gatherer society. The
subsequent mesial shift of the teeth makes enough room for the third molar
to easily "pop" into place.

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> Rather short article but may be of some minimal interest.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071001/sc_livescience/newwisdomonwisdomteeth

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Newbie - 02 Oct 2007 19:20 GMT

Sounded like the author didn't know much of nothin' to me 8-]]

>Sounds like the author did not know to take into consideration the
>aggressive interproximal wear of teeth in a hunter-gatherer society. The
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071001/sc_livescience/newwisdomonwisdomteeth

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