To answer these questions, let us take a closer look at the snail's anatomy and how its marvelous teeth are used. Snail's teeth mystery A snail's teeth bear little resemblance to human or other ...

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

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.

The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ...

There's the fact that human teeth are sensitive. Plus, the structure that Haridy had found in Anatolepis (the now-arthropod) was for sensing. "All this extra anatomy," she says, "it's to sense ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information ...

The discovery of Napoleon’s 3-cm penis invites a deeper discussion about male identity and the perception of power throughout ...

Published research includes a description of the oldest human ancestor from Ethiopia dated to 6.3 Ma, functional analyses of the postcrania and teeth of the 4.8-4.3 Ma hominin Ardipithecus ramidus, ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...