Dr. Yara Haridi

They weren't only for being armor, but they could have also helped our ancient ancestors with sensation.

And maybe that explains why our teeth are sensitive in the first place.

Maybe it's because it's an inherited complexity from their original functions.

Do you dentists know this?

I tried.

I just had a tooth cleaning actually last week and I'm like, hey, I'm so happy because I'm proud of my paper.

And I'm like, you want to know something?

And they're like, please open your mouth.

They shut me down so quickly.

pass this on to your hygienist they deserve cool facts and a lot of praise people should know but yeah uh we were talking okay what were we talking about uh but no i would say the hardest part that was the question right hardest part about my uh job is that i have to keep thinking about ancient fish while the world is doing what the world is doing yeah

Yeah, I think that would be the hardest part.

Funding has obviously become a problem recently for a lot of scientists, particularly natural history, particularly life science, earth sciences.

It's just, you know, when everyone starts to panic, they think that it's time to cut science.

And that's actually the worst time to cut science in general because we need to preserve these things.

New discoveries are how we get out of economic downfalls, et cetera, et cetera.

So...

That's always sad.

But I think the hardest, hardest part is just, I guess I think about old bones today, even though, you know, bombings are happening or economic crashes are happening.

And then the system that's supporting me and celebrating me is also the same one that's upholding all kinds of other issues.

So, yeah, I think that would be the hardest part.