For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces ...

Can we examine the teeth of living fish and other vertebrates in detail, repeatedly over time, without harming them?

Now, a new study and 3D scans of fossils have yielded evidence that the external bumps contained dentine, which likely helped fish sense their surroundings. Scientists reported the findings ...

Your teeth play important roles in your daily life, but have you ever wondered how humans evolved to have them? Skin scales of fossil fish may have the answer.

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The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) participated in a study, published in the Journal of ...

So what changed? Experts say the answer isn’t simple but point to one possible culprit: our diets. As we traded raw, tough ...

T. rex may not have had ferocious, sharp teeth after all, new study says By Maddie Burakoff Published March 31, 2023 12:24pm EDT Science ...

To test the hypothesis that lips covered theropod dinosaurs’ teeth when the mouth was closed, Reisz and colleague Derek Larson examined dental anatomy and modern-day reptilian predators ...

Dinosaur tooth enamel reveals distinct diets among species. Herbivores ate different plant parts. Carnivores ate different ...