Earliest human fossils in the UK reveal how ancient Europeans were connected
Piecing together the story of human evolution is an undeniably complex task.
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News tagged with human teeth
A study discovers a surprising relationship between the teeth and the evolution of pregnancy
Humans have the highest prenatal growth rate of all extant primates, but how this exceptional rate came about has been a mystery up to now. Leslea Hlusko, a scientist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución ...
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Nov 8, 2022
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Fossil ape teeth open a new window into ancient seasonal climates
A global team of scientists has shown how microsampling oxygen isotopes in fossilized teeth can offer greater insights into the role seasonal climate and behavior played in human and primate evolution.
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Revelations from 17-million-year-old ape teeth could lead to new insights on early human evolution
The timing and intensity of the seasons shapes life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification of giraffes, and the behavior of our close primate relatives.
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How the first cat-like saber-tooth predator was discovered, and why it differs from modern cats
Although they are currently the greatest predators on land, it's likely that modern-day cats wouldn't have been a match for the newly discovered Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae. At around 42 million years old, it's thought ...
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Tooth cavities provide unique ecological insight into living primates and fossil humans
Tooth decay is a common and unfortunate problem for many of us, but two University of Otago studies show it is also an issue for other primates, as well as our fossil relatives and ancestors.
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Dec 13, 2021
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Statistical methods used to estimate when canine teeth shrunk in modern humans
A team of researchers led by Gen Suwa of the University of Tokyo has used statistical methods to calculate when canine teeth in modern male humans began to shrink down to their current size. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Preserved baby Neanderthal milk tooth shows earlier emergence than in humans
An international team of researchers studying a recovered Neanderthal milk tooth has found evidence of baby teeth growing faster and emerging earlier in the extinct human species than in modern humans. In their paper published ...
Ancient oral biome points to overall health
When a baby puts something from the floor in their mouth, we panic, but the mouth already contains thousands of bacteria. Now a team of researchers is looking at archaeological remains for an example of how Japanese oral ...
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Mar 26, 2021
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Retesting of ancient teeth found in China shows they are 16,000 years old—not 120,000
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in China, along with one from Australia, one from Taiwan and one from the U.S., has found evidence that contradicts the finding of a prior effort that reported ...
