Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
Image credits: Marcelo Cidrack. A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide…
Man with ‘badly stained’ teeth notices ‘huge difference’ with 83p-a-day strips
‘I was sceptical but gave them a go anyway. Smoker and coffee drinker, my teeth were badly stained.…
Researchers Sequence Genome of 200,000-Year-Old Denisovan
A research team led by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology scientists has generated the high-quality genome assembly…
The £30 teeth whitening strips that make them ‘as white as 30 years ago’ now £10
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Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists found eight bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at…
FDA restricts kids’ fluoride supplements over health risks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to limit the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s…
Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of…
Ancient lead exposure may have shaped human evolution and language
A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial…
1 in 3 young adults skipped the dentist in the last year
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new…
310-Million-Year-Old Ray-Finned Fish Had Tongue-Bite Apparatus
Platysomus parvulus, a species of ray-finned fish that lived 310 million years ago, had a unique way of…
New Species of Extinct Octodontoid Rodent Discovered from Amazonian Fossil
Paleontologists have identified a new species of rodent in Acarechimys, an extinct genus with a widespread South American…
This Bizarre Fish Has 8 Rows of Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex
Spotted ratfish are scaleless, rabbit-faced deep-sea fish, about two feet (61 centimeters) long, and native to the northeastern…