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South Asians also have overbite, even in regions where people still eat with their hands. The thesis of the article in The Atlantic seems preposterous.


> Previously, when eating something chewy such as meat, crusty bread or hard cheese, it would have been clamped between the jaws, then sliced with a knife or ripped with a hand -- a style of eating Professor Brace has called "stuff-and-cut."

Does not seem applicable to the South Asian food I'm familiar with.


Without delving too deep in to race differences, I think you're comparing apples to oranges.

The research behind the article is based on analysis of western skulls/teeth.




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