For the more than 7 per cent of people over the age of 20 who don’t have any of their own teeth, the only option is ...

Protein remnants in fossil enamel reveal new ways to study evolution. These molecules stretch our view of molecular ...

Teeth may seem like static fixtures, but a new collaboration between engineers and clinicians is proving just how dynamic, ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

A new fossil study reveals that teeth began as skin sensors, helping explain why modern teeth still react painfully to cold today.

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

“Piecing together all the clues from this individual’s DNA, bones and teeth have allowed us to build a comprehensive ... a research associate in the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard ...

Analysis Two-million-year-old teeth transform theory of prehistoric human evolution Changes in the appearance of ancient teeth could act as a new evolutionary marker, writes Ian Towle ...

This is one of the only similarities between giraffe teeth and human teeth, though. Anatomy of a Giraffe Jaw Most of a giraffe’s teeth are located in the back of its mouth.

Two-million-year-old pitted teeth from our ancient relatives reveal secrets about human evolution by Ian Towle, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

A new study published in 'Nature' has determined that human teeth evolved from the same "genetic toolkit" as an extinct species which lived about 465 million years ago.

A recent study reveals that human teeth evolved from the sensory armor of ancient fish that lived 465 million years ago. Researchers discovered sensory tissue on the exoskeletons of these fish ...