Size, not diet, gives top 5 chompers their jaws - Futurity: Research News


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Size, not diet, gives top 5 chompers their jaws
Futurity: Research News
The jaw joint bone, the center around which chewing activity literally revolves, appears to have evolved based more on an animal's size than what it eats. Biologists don't know a lot about how chewing behavior leaves telltale signs on the underlying bones.