Predicting Human Evolution: Teeth Tell the Story, with Dr. Alistair Evans (VIDEO)

Monash University

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Dr. Alistair Evans, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, has led research showing that the evolution of human teeth is much simpler than previously thought, and that we can predict the size of teeth missing from human fossils and those of our extinct close relatives (hominins). Published in Nature on Feb. 25, 2016.

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