Six ancient teeth found in China are giving scientists new clues about one of the biggest mysteries in human evolution. By ...

Any hominid fossil find with molar teeth can be plugged into a new equation that reveals its species' prenatal growth rate. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images Fossilized bones help tell the story of ...

A new Nature study reports that proteins preserved in 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth carry a signal also seen in Denisovans, raising the possibility that these two ancient human relatives once ...

A new scientific study is quietly changing the way researchers understand human evolution. It focuses on something ...

A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

The enamel that forms the outer layer of our teeth might seem like an unlikely place to find clues about evolution. But it tells us more than you'd think about the relationships between our fossil ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “This new research shows that the image many of us have in our minds of an ape to a Neanderthal to a ...

Kangaroos thrive on tough grass using thick enamel instead of complex teeth, revealing an unexpected path in evolution.