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That edge-to-edge bite makes it harder to push the upper jaw forward to touch the lower lip, which is required to pronounce labiodentals.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2019
“We find that labiodentals couldn’t have emerged much before about 4,000 years ago,” said Damián Blasi at the University of Zurich.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2019
He noted in 1985 that the languages of hunter-gatherers lacked labiodentals, and conjectured that their diet was partly responsible: Chewing gritty, fibrous foods puts force on the growing jaw bone and wears down molars.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2019
The arrival of the new labiodentals may have driven a fresh diversification of language across Europe and Asia.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2019
First, the six researchers used computer modeling to show that with an overbite, producing labiodentals takes 29% less effort than with an edge-to-edge bite.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2019
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