Vegan Mom Charged With Child Endangerment After Underfeeding Her Baby

By KC Baker

http://people.com/crime/vegan-mom-charged-with-child-endangerment-after-allegedly-feeding-baby-only-nuts-and-berries/

     Elizabeth Hawk had become obsessed with with veganism and felt she should carry that lifestyle onto her child. Her 11 month old son was only fed a small amount of nuts and berries, The child was so malnourished, he developed a terrible rash from head to toe. He began to scratch his own skin off and was in so much pain, he became developmentally delayed and couldn't crawl from the pain of the rash. Hawk was given topical cream for the rash, but refused to put it on her son. Hawk's estranged husband, Jerry, took their 11 month old son to children and youth services to report the neglect. The child is improving now that he is with his father.

     The purpose of this article was to educate the readers on Hawk's crime. Reading about such a terrible event left me feeling sad even though that was not the intended purpose. At least the child is young and will not remember this happening to him. 

3D Printed Fish Fossil Offers Clues to the Origins of Human Teeth

Origins of Human Teeth Article

By Brooks Hays

     On September 30, 2016, Australian researchers excavated a fossil of a Placoderm, an extinct armored fish. Upon excavation, scientists couldn't tell whether this 400 million year old fish had a jaw or teeth. After taking a CT scan of the fossil they were able to create a 3D printed model and discover it had both a jaw and teeth. How and when teeth first appeared in evolution remains a mystery, but scientists believe studying the internal tissue structure of the teeth will take us one step closer. It was previously thought that Placoderms had "true teeth" or evolved teeth. More recent findings suggest that they possess a more primitive form of teeth. The research of the internal tissue structure of their teeth will determine if they represent a transitional stage in the evolution of teeth.

     When I think of teeth, evolution doesn't cross my mind. This article does pose an interesting question of when did our teeth start to evolve or even show up in the evolutionary timeline. It is very interesting to know that we can gain information from a 400 million year old fossil may help us determine when teeth started to evolve to suit humans.