When the ancestors of the hominids began to make, carry, and use spears and digging sticks in their daily lives, they set in motion a cascade of events that culminated in the evolution of an animal with a radically new physical form, an adaptation to the environment that required unprecedented cooperation between males and females, a huge expansion of sexual behavior, and the emergence of family ties that would provide the building blocks for the larger and more advanced societies of modern humans.
Fending off large predators from a distance had a much higher survival rating than doing so within close proximity where death was usually certain. Because of this weaponized advantage, we began to lose our powerful canines.
