Free Download Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CV2XJ1CR | 2024 | 7 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 224 MB
Author: Bill Schutt
Narrator: Charles Constant
From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of-or in-our faces: teeth. In Bite, zoologist Bill Schutt makes a surprising case: it is teeth that are responsible for the long-term success of vertebrates. The appearance of teeth, roughly half a billion years ago, was an adaptation that allowed animals with backbones, such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, dinosaurs and mammals-including us-to chow down in pretty much every conceivable environment. And it’s not just food. Tusks and fangs have played crucial roles as defensive weapons-glimpsing the upper canines of snarling dogs is all it takes to know that teeth are an efficient means of aggression.
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