Historically, our ancestors would have had use for an extra set of molars for grinding and chewing food that was raw and hard to tear. Many anthropologists believe that this is why many people still have wisdom teeth grow in, even though our consumption of food no longer requires an extra set of teeth. Some people don’t get wisdom teeth at all and it’s theorized that this happens because we do not have evolutionary use for them any more.
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