No...
Which (speaking personally) is a shame, Come from a farming family ate 'proper' food, jaw is bleeping minuscule, upper jaw had 2 rows of teeth to 'fit' them in, others sideways... Does align well with the 'British people have sh1t teeth' theory...
No they're not. Stop repeating this guff and platforming grifters like CVT - someone I used to really respect for his kids TV work but I can't anymore now.
I’m heartened to see that so many Guardian readers understand that this is not how natural selection works. The first expert is likely right when they said that eating soft food means “they just don’t develop the jaw muscles“.
Natural selection is a blind process based on genetic advantages.
More like, those that have the most favorable attributes for survival manage to survive, and pass those attributes to their offspring, which in turn pass them to theirs, especially if a dominant trait, but it takes time -- generations -- not a sudden adaptation.
Unprossed foods are also soft. For instance soft fruits, salad leaves. Foods that are cooked soften. We mash potatoes and swede up, stews and soups aren't exactly crunchy. I don't fancy eating raw potatoes and parsnips thankyou.
Your article is 100 years too late.
Most jaws and teeth are misaligned these days.
Go back earlier and you never see skulls with these problems. Never.
Food was course, chewy, especially for young children. They were encouraged to chew hard for 'teething' reasons.
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Which (speaking personally) is a shame, Come from a farming family ate 'proper' food, jaw is bleeping minuscule, upper jaw had 2 rows of teeth to 'fit' them in, others sideways... Does align well with the 'British people have sh1t teeth' theory...
So now we are going back to Lammarck,are we?
Natural selection is a blind process based on genetic advantages.
Most jaws and teeth are misaligned these days.
Go back earlier and you never see skulls with these problems. Never.
Food was course, chewy, especially for young children. They were encouraged to chew hard for 'teething' reasons.