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Your Sensitive Teeth May Exist So Ancient Fish Could Avoid Danger


Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study suggested Wednesday.

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