Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?

On 5/9/2024 2:45 PM, Mickmane wrote:

On 09.05.24, Michael F. Stemper  <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 08/05/2024 06.20, Mickmane wrote:

On 08.05.24, Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

 

[2] He also invented soup, by necessity, since his teeth wore out
and he hadn?t invented false teeth yet.

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With your description of the book (which I don't know), I'm now
wondering how his teeth wore out, but not the rest of his body.

 

Presumably, the friction involved in chewing would do the trick.
Unlike most of the body, teeth aren't self-repairing.

 Hrmpf. Either it all repairs itself so he can live forever, or nothing
does and it's some magic keeping him alive, including the teeth. :P
 

I feel like throwing in that modern humans have some Neanderthal DNA.
23andMe tells me that I have more markers than 99% of their customer
base, which probably puts me around 2% caveman.
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