Evolution’s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins by Peter Ungar

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Evolution’s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins by Peter Ungar

Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017 – Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017

06:30 PM
US/Central

Like living fossils teeth that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. Cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change are leading to new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth. Paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar will present how teeth--their shape, chemistry, and wear--reveal how we came to be and what might or might not be the most natural diet for humans.

Dr. Peter Ungar is director of the Environmental Dynamics Program at the University of Arkansas.

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