...greatest possible extension of the office of a particular class of the teeth, a corresponding developement of that class is found to take place, to a much greater...are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary developement which their peculiar habits demand, and in the 'graminivorous animals, the ruminantia...

...tear it in pieces ; in the rodentia, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver for instance, the incisores are remarkably long, and exhibit that extraordinary...habits demand ; and, in the graminivorous animals, the ruminantia especially, the molares are found to occupy the most conspicuous situation. But, in each...

...strengthened, in order to enable them to seize tlieir food and to tear it in pieces ; in the rodenlia, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver, for instance, the incisors are remaikably long, and exhibit that extraordinary development which their peculiar habits demand, and...

...it appears that their structure and uses are more perfectly equalised in the human subject than in any other animal. It is true that, in some tribes...habits demand; and, in the graminivorous animals, the ruminantia especially, the molares are found to occupy the most conspicuous situation. But, in each...

...it appears that their structure and uses are more perfectly equalised in the human subject than in any other animal. It is true that, in some tribes...habits demand; and, in the graminivorous animals, the ruminantia especially, the molares are found to occupy the most conspicuous situation. But, in each...

...strengthened, in order to enable them to seize their food, and to tear it in pieces; in the rodentla, or gnawing animals, as in the beaver for instance,...habits demand; and, in the graminivorous animals, the ruminantia especially, the molares are found to occupy the most conspicuous situation. But, in each...