and a second mystery tooth had also been found in 2017. The fossils represented an additional ape, Buronius, that would have weighed about 22 pounds in life. “Now published, Buronius is the ...

The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might ... using the nitrogen ratios in fossilized teeth. “This method opens up exciting ...

A thin outer layer of tooth enamel would have been suited to ... With the addition of Buronius, European fossil ape genera related to modern great apes from between roughly 16 million and 6 ...

Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) sides of the fossil skull belonging to Bastetodon syrtos. A left lateral view of Bastetodon syrtos. Based on the shape of the skull and teeth, scientists think ...

A small but fascinating collection of Megalodon teeth exhibit deep bite marks from other Megalodons, raising questions about ...

Far from being just another primitive ape-like species, the discovery sheds light ... showing that these small creatures were ...

The canine teeth were probably large and ... Changes from an ape-like anatomy are discernible in hominoid fossils from the late Miocene in Africa. Some hominoid species from this period exhibit ...

But in 1953, the jawbone was found to be that of a modern ape -- orangutan ... He was amazed to see that the fossil teeth seemed to have been deliberately ground down with something abrasive ...

Drawing on fossil evidence, he unveils the astonishing ... sold Chinese traditional medicines. It was a molar tooth of some kind of ape-like creature, except that it was huge.

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. As paleontologists ...