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Buried deep in a South African cave, 2.2 million-year-old teeth may hold the genetic signature of a mysterious human relative ...

Even the gentlest sip of a cold drink can send a jolt through our teeth. That familiar sting, long thought to be a side ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At first glance, monkeys like this baboon (left) may seem similar to apes like this gorilla ...

Meanwhile, many Old World monkeys have pouches in their cheeks where they can store ... Its two front incisors protrude much like Nosferatu’s teeth. Its center finger is extremely long and is used to ...

We also looked at tooth wear, since older adult monkeys have more worn teeth than younger adults ... also larger than what we found in other old world monkey species. This further supports ...

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with Old World monkeys having narrow noses with downward-facing nostrils. Dr. Rodrigues says their teeth and vision differ, with Old World monkeys having fewer teeth and color vision. As their ...

lived between 5 and 8 years old around 1,700 years ago. Additional investigation of the monkey’s teeth revealed that the diet of the animal transitioned from leaves and roots to maize and chili ...

These pieces are more than 1,700 years old. The spider monkey is the earliest ... (Photo courtesy of Nawa Sugiyama) Results from the examination of two teeth, the upper and lower canines, indicate the ...

Their faces and noses are flatter than their Old World counterparts and point outward. Instead of 32 teeth, they have four more. New World monkeys do not have cheek pouches or buttocks pads like Old ...