On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:53:07 -0800, Wally Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I don't follow. Humans are omnivorous - we have teeth >that allow multiple tasks - our teeth can tear, bite, >crush, slice, grind - seems an almost endless list. Of >course our teeth would not be exactly like a >carnivore's teeth. I agree, our teeth are multi-purpose and are adapted to a diet of food items which need less mechanical impact. Probably because of cooking and swithing to more tender food (as leaves/bark/pith). However our teeth have grinding capabilities. They didn't loose it, because we needed it. If I look into the mouth of the gorilla and the dog (of the picture urls on this thread) our molars look much more like gorillas' and not like dogs'. > But our teeth are still more >similar to the carnivore's than they are to a true >herbivore. Our teeth are unlike a sheep or mouse. But I can't see any similarity to the teeth of any carnivore. >The chart was designed to illustrate the difference >between a grain eater and a meat eater. We fall >somewhere between the gorilla and the cat. >Similarities to both. Or between gorilla and dog? A sheep isn't a grain eater it eats unripe grass and herbs. I think human theeth don't look like grain eater and not like meat eaters'. >We grind because we do not have the highly caustic >stomach acid the dog does. So, the dog has a hard time to grind because he didn't develop grinding teeth. I think this is because his diet was different. Amadeus S.