从现在身体健康的角度看,无端地拔掉牙齿或改变头颅及耳朵的形状等等,显然为人们所不取。然而我们的有些原始先民却在长期形成的风俗中,将此类事情视为必然。上古有些地区之民,大约在14岁左右有将某些牙齿拔除的习俗。这种习俗的意义可能在于表示拔牙者已经长大成人。拔牙之俗在考古资料里,多见于新石器时代的大汶 From the point of view of physical health nowadays, it is clear that people should not take their teeth out of the way or change the shapes of their skulls and ears. However, some of our original ancestors saw such things as inevitable in the long-established customs. There are people in some areas of ancient times who have the practice of pulling certain teeth around the age of 14. The significance of this custom may lie in the fact that the tooth extractor has grown up. Tooth extraction in the archeological information, more common in the Neolithic Dawn