The evolutionary struggle of this character sees man fighting
a losing battle. Earliest forms show the mouth filled with teeth :
and later only front teeth :
.
The regular form :
has the teeth sharpened and capped by the phonetic :
. The simplified version :
drastically reduces the remaining teeth to one. But, with all that loss, man
can still console himself that many a true word is spoken through false
teeth.
and later only front teeth :
.
The regular form :
has the teeth sharpened and capped by the phonetic :
. The simplified version : 
drastically reduces the remaining teeth to one. But, with all that loss, man
can still console himself that many a true word is spoken through false
teeth.
