In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

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

When piecing together the cultural practices of ancient humans, traditional archaeologists rely on clues from artifacts such ...

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Say cheese and flash us those pearly whites! While most adult humans have 32 permanent teeth, or 28 if your wisdom teeth ...

Even though giraffes are huge — they are the tallest land animals, after all — they have the same number of teeth as humans do: 32! This is one of the only similarities between ...

Human consumption has never been confirmed, likely due to the snake’s reclusive habitat. However, a 2024 video showed a man nearly crushed by one in a Brazilian river before escaping with help.

The research centers on the Zvejnieki cemetery site in Latvia (7500–2500 cal. BC), where more than 2,000 animal teeth have been excavated from graves. While previous studies focused on the symbolic ...

Anyone who has had a dental implant knows how alien it is to have a tooth-like thing in your mouth that isn’t really yours. Although millions of people have these long-term, natural-looking ...

Dental implants look the part, but by design they can't replace actual teeth. Now scientists have developed an innovative new implant that "grows" into the gum and fuses with existing nerves to ...

Bears have a unique set of teeth that are perfectly adapted for their hunting and survival needs. While human teeth are designed for biting and grinding food, bear teeth are designed to rip and tear ...