Why do humans lose their baby teeth?

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So, why do we lose our baby teeth anyway? I mean, they seem fine for a few years, then they just fall out! Why can’t we just keep the same ones forever? How does this whole tooth-replacement process work?

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Short answer: interlocking teeth evolved at the expense of our ability to constantly grow new ones.

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