Malocclusion and dental crowding arose 12,000 years ago with earliest farmers
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Hunter-gatherers had almost no malocclusion and dental crowding, and the condition first became common among the world's earliest farmers some 12,000 years ago in Southwest Asia, according to findings published today in the journal PLOS ONE.