Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

At first glance, this looks like a simple freshwater catch. But this fish is built for one thing - ambushing and tearing into prey with rows of razor-sharp teeth. It doesn’t chase for long, it strikes ...

59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

Neanderthals may not only have feasted on rhinoceroses, they may also have used their exceptionally hard teeth as specialized ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

What an early example of a dental bridge reveals about health, wealth and social values in the late medieval and early modern ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

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Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...

That’s why so many dentists recommend an electric brush. “They eliminate a lot of mistakes people tend to make when they ...

I was standing at a hotel coffee station last month, holding a tiny porcelain creamer shaped like a cow, when a stranger walked up next to me and said: "Hello." My brain went completely blank. I ...