Chapter Four: Teeth Everywhere

Because I had recently visited the dentist (and found out I had new cavities): ), this chapter didn't appeal to me as much as the other chapters did until Shubin started talking about his experience with Chuck and Bill. His persistence and dedication was admirable as he kept on searching even though he was embarrassed...and failing. But with the aid of Chuck, Shubin was suddenly able to see ...EVERYTHING! "...now I was seeing little bits and pieces of fossil everywhere, as if I was wearing a special new pair of glasses and a spotlight was shining on all the different pieces of bone." (65). How amazing! :)
Their finds where the volcanic rocks were also amazing. It just happened by luck, and before they didn’t even consider this location. "Inside were more tritheledonts, some primitive crocodiles, and other lizard-like reptiles. The tritheledonts were the germs, of course, because they chewed that some kinds of reptiles already displayed our mammalian kind of chewing" (72). That's so weird that we can't eat without ALL of our teeth. I've come to appreciate them :) (alhough I still despise my dentist).