“The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and shee…”

“The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep, and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in other animals.”

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The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep, and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in other animals. Citation: Book II, ch. III, section 13. Google Books Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle (CC BY-SA)

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