A new scientific study is quietly changing the way researchers understand human evolution. It focuses on something surprisingly small: ancient tooth proteins preserved inside fossils around 400,000 ...

A prehistoric human known as Homo erectus was the first of our forerunners to leave Africa, crossing continents and ultimately roaming the planet for almost 2 million years. But with scarce genetic ...

Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anesthetics, reveals new research. Neanderthal dentists were using stone drills to treat cavities nearly 60,000 years ago – more than ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago that have left a lasting imprint on our ...

Some 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal developed a toothache. What happened next was, in many ways, astonishing. This individual figured out the source of their pain, deep inside a molar. They probably ...

Neandertals may have had an unexpected tool in their kits: rhinoceros teeth. Marks in fossil rhino teeth found in caves in France and Spain suggest they were once used as multipurpose, heavy-duty ...

British geologist and naturalist William Pengelly identified the object as a badger tooth. Trustees of the Natural History Museum In 1867, British geologist and naturalist William Pengelly found an ...

The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a gray seal, which would have ...

Losing teeth has meant artificial replacements for centuries. Japanese researchers at Kyoto University Hospital are changing that with human trials of a drug that regrows natural teeth. By 2030, ...