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The Teeth and Civilisation

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NONE of the writers of the interesting letters which have appeared upon this subject seem to have kept before them a distinction which is of the utmost importance in its investigation, and which I should like to state, in order that the attention of those who, like Mr. Wenyon, have opportunities of observation of any segregated community, may be drawn to it.

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TOMES, C. The Teeth and Civilisation. Nature 50, 199 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050199a0

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