Philip Webre

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The uterus is the strongest muscle in the body in terms of constricting pressure. But when it comes to muscles that have both strength and flexibility, the clear winner is the human tongue, which has to roll and push a bolus of mashed food from side to side around the mouth, getting the un-mashed bits better mashed before swallowing, all while dodging the powerful slice and crunch of the moving teeth.
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
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