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It’s a reminder that even in something as everyday as toothache, our evolutionary history is written in our teeth, but shaped as much by modern habits as by ancient biology.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

He remembers his little toy bank shaped like Pique, the anthropomorphic jalapeño pepper that was Mexico’s tournament mascot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This is largely because exorcism as a modern practice has been shaped by evangelical influences: The overwhelming majority of exorcisms today are done by Pentecostals.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The idea of a place being both isolating and illogical made sense to a cohort of people whose formative years were shaped by lockdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Once again, the war years shaped and hardened his convictions on this score, though the basic attitudes on which they rested were in place long before he assumed command of the Continental Army.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis