Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular cultural practice. These decorative ornaments that have been dug up in ...

More than 2,000 animal teeth have been excavated from the graves at Zvejnieki, making it a prime location to study how ancient humans interacted with these materials.

Until recently, I did not fully appreciate fossil teeth. Their significance for identifying species and narrowing down the general diet of extinct animals was obvious, but I didn’t understand ...

How experts identify bites from sharks, toothy creatures, ... Tiger shark: Sharp, cutting teeth, similar to those of a bluefish, but bigger, characterize the tiger shark.

LANSING, Mich. — Not even a lion is safe from a root canal. Ulana, a female African lion, underwent a root canal at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, recently after a routine dental checkup.

A pioneering study in experimental archaeology has revealed the techniques used by prehistoric communities in north-eastern Europe to extract animal teeth for crafting personal ornaments—offering ...