14 DAY TRIAL // Several million years from now, beauty standards might not be about who's got the whitest and/or the straightest set of teeth, but about who's got the prettiest beak.
Dr. Gareth Fraser, a researcher working with Sheffield University, predicts that the human race will one day bid teeth their eternal farewell and grow beaks instead.
“It could be possible for humans to evolve to grow beaks, like pufferfish,” the researcher said, as cited by the Telegraph.
The scientist explains that, at the time when humans emerged as a self-standing species, almost nobody survived long enough to make it to old age.
As a result, it made sense for humans to only develop two sets of teeth: one for when they were infants, and one for when they were adults.
Thanks to scientific advances, human life expectancy is no longer as low as it used to be. The only downside is that, whereas we go on living, our teeth rot, chip and even fall out. Bummer, right?
Unlike teeth, beaks would surely stand the test of time. They would be “more robust and practical,” Dr. Gareth Fraser said.