Ancient Farmers Responsible For Crooked Teeth
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he Agricultural Revolution is one of the most pivotal historical moments in the evolution of the human species. The surpluses of food allowed people to settled down and consolidate, divide labor responsibilities, create a hierarchy of government, and develop currency and uniform trade. In short, it allowed humans to civilize. However, it also have an unintended consequence that is just now being uncovered by anthropologists. Those early farmers, in creating food surpluses, also created an evolutionary trend by which the human jaw became shorter, making people’s teeth for the next 12,000 years crooked. Early farmers also, consequently, created job security for modern orthodontists.