Why do we have to contract our throat when swallowing water? I mean it could just slide right down to our tummies.

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Why do we have to contract our throat when swallowing water? I mean it could just slide right down to our tummies.

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I imagine there were humans that had the ability to just let whatever is in the mouth slide down the throat without contracting. However, considering that food or water getting in the wrong way could provoke a reaction from the lung, they may have died off without passing on that trait.

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