If someone was born without wisdom teeth would they be considered an example of evolution?

Question

A lot of evolutionary science is based on teeth because they tell a lot about the species. Especially the number of teeth they have. If a human was born without a set of wisdom teeth at all (x-rayed) what would that say about them? Would they be more evolved than someone who did? Would that happen randomly or could it mean that individual was more advanced?

Answer 1

Evolution doesn't happen on an individual scale. It happens within a population. If not having wisdom teeth turned out to be advantageous to a population's ability to create fertile offspring, then what you would see is a gradual trend over time of a greater percentage of the population born without wisdom teeth. One person being born without them would just be a genetic defect and would say nothing about them or the rest of the population.

Answer 2

I had seven wisdom teeth. One of them would have consisted of two teeth. The dentist had to break it out of my face to get it removed. The swelling on both sides of my cheeks was so bad that it created a cyst. After a few months, it burst while I was shaving. A purple puss leaked from my cheek and it left a pock mark. I would venture to guess that these "abnormalities," are indeed a part of natural selection. Humanity, like all creatures of the earth is constantly evolving.

Answer 3

congenital malformation

Answer 4

thats really interesting and people like u are cool b/c ur not stupid like the first answer guy

Answer 5

No, it would be considered a mutation. If that trait was passed on to then next generation, then the next, and the next, and the next, until the general population had that trait, then it would be considered an example of evolution.

Answer 6

Individuals don't evolve; populations do.  Evolution refers to the changes in DNA of a population over time.  If a person was born without wisdom teeth, that would mean that the gene or genes that activated wisdom teeth growth in humans was mutated in them.  Gene mutation is incredibly common.  Every single one of us has at least a few bits of our DNA that weren't copied perfectly.  We're all mutants.  For the most part, it's nothing that really does anything.  We don't notice.  When it is something noticeable, it's often detrimental, like genetic diseases.  Sometimes, though, it helps, like the people who don't grow wisdom teeth.  That doesn't make them any more advanced than the rest of us, though, because evolution doesn't have a direction.  It's not going anywhere, and it doesn't matter if you are Albert Einstein or a cold virus; if you pass on your genetic information to future generations, you're successful.

What would be evolution is if those people without wisdom teeth were so much more successful in reproduction than the rest of us that, a few generations down the road, almost no one got wisdom teeth.

Answer 7

the answer is no. it's kind of like somebody that's born with down syndrome.  the growing rate of people born with down syndrome or autism is about 200% greater today than it was a couple hundred years ago, but that doesn't mean that the world will eventually be mostly autistic....

Answer 8

This is a difficult question to answer because firstly evolution is a theory not a fact. With regards to wisdom teeth, a brief background should be given in order to fully

understand.

As we all know, when we are young we loose our teeth to which "adult" teeth grow in. Now, there are many cases in which an "adult" tooth does not develop and therefore does not grow in. This is also the case with wisdom teeth.

A statistical messure should be preformed to determine whether there has been a decline in the development of wisdom teeth from generation to generation. If it was found that there was a decline, then perhaps a stronger argument could be made that evolution has taken place. Otherwise, the development(or non-development as it may be the case)  of your wisdom teeth is purely a result of your genes and luck. =)

Answer 9

Not everyone is born with every part of they're body text book placed , and some have a few pieces and parts missing or maybe a few extra digits.  Accidents do happen , and no it isn't evolution.  Some people are born with multiple sets of teeth that come in behind the original teeth.

Answer 10

nope=== birth defect

Answer 11

Sum scientists thinks that human evolution is startin from wat

they thought and act, then their magnetic field will be changin

too. So human thats more advanced doesnt meant they're

born without wisdom teeth, they're advanced in their mind !

Answer 12

First of all, "evolution" or "Darwinism" is, at best, a theory.  Some would call it a religion.

Secondly, most people do NOT have wisdom teeth, or at least all of them.  (I am one of them.)

Various hominids have varying amount of teeth (see The "Neanderthal’s Necklace, In Search of the First Thinkers", Juan Luis Arsuaga, Translated by Andy Klatt, Illustrations by Juan Carlos Sastre, Copyright 2001 by Juan Luis Arsuaga, Translation Copyright  2002 by Four Walls Eight Windows.

Most of what is espoused by Darwinists is just plain fallacy!  (Remember Lucy, found by Dr. Leakey in the Oldavai Gorge?  She was just a chimpanzee!

Modern man is not only much weaker than primitive man, but also had a much greater brain capacity than modern man!

Sorry, varying number of wisdom teeth has to do with MAN (the male of the species) desire to mate with ANYONE and ANYTHING that moves (and some that do not move).

Answer 13

Nope.  However, every generation, more and more people are being born without wisdom teeth.  THAT is an example of evolution.

Answer 14

Thats a good question, my Dad was born without wisdom teeth, but I got wisdom teeth.  It would seem to me that if his lack of wisdom teeth was due to evolution creating a stronger breed of man, then that trait would be dominant when he and my Mom created me.  I was born with wisdom teeth though so my moms genes in that area must have been dominant.  Does that make sense?  Interesting question though.

Answer 15

If their lack of wisdom teeth gave them a reproductive advantage it might eventually lead to evolution. However, with modern dental care teeth don't really factor into it anymore. People no longer die of a tooth abscess and fail to reproduce because of it.