Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s.

If it weren’t for farmers and soft food, we wouldn’t be able to utter the f-word, or any word that has the sound “f” or “v” for that matter. A new study revealed that the switch to processed food after the spread of agriculture gave humans an overbite and eventually two labiodental sounds that exist […]

Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s. Read More »