‘The “wisdom teeth,” or last molars, are in man approaching a vestigial condition, since they generally do not appear until relatively late,
between the ages of twenty and thirty years, and in many persons are never cut at all. In a large percentage of individuals, they are useless, and
they often become impacted and have to be removed surgically.’
Rogers, J.S., Hubbell, T. and Byers, C., 1942. Man and the Biological World, McGraw-Hill, New York, p. 313.
Vestigal Means: A rudimentary structure in humans corresponding to a functional structure or organ in ancestral animals.
BUT!!
Are they really approaching vestigal? I know of at least 20 people that have there wisdom teeth, now I know that there is not many people that have
them, because they get them removed, because there orthodontist tells them that they should. But none the less they are painful, but they are far from
vestigal, they can still be used if a person chooses to keep them.
Dr. Jack Cuozzo (an orthodontist), has evidence that humans today may be maturing faster than in yesteryear, and our facial bones lack sufficient
growth time before wisdom teeth come in. This may be due to growth hormones in food or change since the time of Adam, but room is lacking in many
people.
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Ever since the fall man's body has been entering chaos, a few thouand years ago man used to be 900 years old. God created man to have teeth that
would last him his
life time. Man and the rest of the world has followed the second Law of Thermal Dynamics- Everything Tends Toward
disorder.
'This means', Dr Cuozzo says, 'that three or four hundred years ago a child took 13 years to reach the stage that our children today do in 9 to
10 years. This points to a rapid maturation today.'
As far as evolution goes, how can it be said that loss of a useful feature, or loss of room for that feature demonstrates evolution? This is the
opposite of evolutionary development! How much better if evolution could explain the origin of structures, not their loss.
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