What purpose do wisdom teeth serve? Detailed answer

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What purpose do wisdom teeth serve?

In our time, it can be argued with good reason that the only purpose that wisdom teeth serve is to provide income to dentists who remove them.

In all other respects, these teeth are completely useless for a modern person. However, nature rarely supplies its creations with unnecessary organs, and wisdom teeth are no exception to this rule.

Primitive man ate a very solid food, in comparison with which dried meat differs little from mashed potatoes. Additional molars (molars), now known as wisdom teeth, made it much easier for our ancestors to chew such food.

Over the course of evolution, the human skull has changed, the protruding jaws have shifted back and become shorter, leaving no room for wisdom teeth (also known as third molars). The jaws of many modern people are simply unable to accommodate these four now completely redundant teeth.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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