Lower jaw shape reflects dietary differences between human populations

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 06:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research from the University suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialised nations is due to their soft modern diet causing the jaw to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth.

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