I ate a too hot omelette and burnt the roof of my mouth again.

Now it feels sensitive and fragile, again.

Why did we as a species, whom are omnivores, develop such thin mouth roofs?

Hippos can crush entire watermelons with their mouths, why didn’t we get a tough inner roof.

  • Soot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    7 hours ago

    The answer is almost certainly because of how much brain we’re trying to fit in our heads.

    Evolution has already given us hugely weakened jaw muscles, shrinking jaws, painful birth, years of helpless infancy and chronic sinus problems, all in the singular pursuit of MORE ROOM FOR BRAIN. think-about-it

    To be honest I’d say all of those are higher up on the priority list than thicker mouth skin for when I eat a thing too hot too quickly once every couple years.

    • Clocks [She/They]@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      Dam we got trolled by our evolutionary lineage.

      Although birth pain is heavily dependent on position of birth. Western style births where the mother lays on her back is a fetish.

      Most indigenous and other nations perform standing or squatting births, or other positions which are much safer for the mother.

      • Soot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        standing or squatting births, or other positions which are much safer

        Interesting, I was initially skeptical but this does seem probably the case. Western culture is so weird, dangit.

        • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
          1·
          56 minutes ago

          Stems from medical misogyny dating back to the Victorian era. Birthing on one’s back is easier for a doctor to observe, and obstetrics centers the doctor over the person actually giving birth. Everything to stick it to the midwives, who actually knew what they were doing.

  • deranger@sh.itjust.works
    231·
    13 hours ago

    It’s probably an advantage. You want your mouth to hurt so you stop there rather than damaging something more internal like your throat or stomach.