Information on the author Peter S. Ungar is a distinguished professor and director of the Environmental Dynamics Program at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of "Teeth: A Very Short Introduction" and "Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity," and the editor of "Evolution of the Human Diet: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable." He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Blurb: Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In "Evolution's Bite," noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth to present a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth.