Surviving DEPRESSION Ft. Evol Flesh Clothing

Tooth size has undergone remarkable reduction in size throughout human evolution, but the jaws have reduced dramatically in the last 10,000 y. This means that increasingly over time there has been less room for the growing dentition, resulting in the rise in occlusal abnormalities and malocclusion generally in humans, especially in the last millennium.
Though I agree that focusing on certain animals as requiring special treatment, even spoiling, may help humans deal with the guilt at killing animals, I am dubious that this guilt is the origin of all of the taboos, rituals, and other prescriptions on correct handling of various species.



These skeletons tell us a number of things, especially what people ate in the past, the impact of chewing on our faces and jaws, the consequences of lifestyle changes for health and the alteration in lifestyle and consequences for skeletal maintenance.
Fashions may come and go ( Princess Diana’s iconic Emanuel confection , which set the gold standard for ‘80s brides with its puffed sleeves and jaw-dropping train, is certainly a case in point) but a royal bride’s gown tends to follow a time-honoured formula: white or ivory satin, maybe a smattering of tulle and lace (made in a workshop in Honiton, East Devon), often with long sleeves and plenty of beaded embellishments.

Some of these bones ended up in the cave at Zhoukoudian as a result of large carnivorous animals rather than humans, but there is sufficient evidence to suggest that by a half million years ago, some Homo erectus were exploiting virtually every animal in their environment for food.
Some people would have felt slightly uncomfortable to be reminded that their mothers or grandmothers had once promenaded about in such styles (which could be considered indecent according to Victorian norms), and many would have found it somewhat difficult to really empathize with (or take seriously) the struggles of a heroine of art or literature if they were being constantly reminded that she was wearing such clothes.
Some of the extreme Parisian versions of the neoclassical style (such as narrow straps which bared the shoulders, and diaphanous dresses without sufficient stays, petticoats, or shifts worn beneath) were not widely adopted elsewhere, but many features of the late-1790s neoclassical style were broadly influential, surviving in successively modified forms in European fashions over the next two decades.