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Tanya M. Smith, Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University

Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

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The climate we live in affects our lives in profound ways: hot summers, cold winters, dry spells and wet weather all leave their mark.

For growing children, one way seasons and storms are recorded is in their teeth. As we have shown in new research, teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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