Of all the mammals, humans experience the longest period of childhood. Compared to other species, humans continue to grow and ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

The oldest protein fragments ever recovered have been extracted from fossilised teeth found in Kenya's Rift Valley, revealing ...

These 1.77-million-year-old teeth could help demystify human childhoods. The fossil 'jackpot’ is from the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. By Laura Baisas. Published Nov 13, 2024 11:00 AM EST.

Americans spend an estimated $3 billion a year having 10 million wisdom teeth removed, according to the American Public Health Association. That’s a hefty bill for something we may or may not need.

The world's first human trial of a drug that can regenerate teeth will begin in a few months, less than a year on from news of its success in animals. This paves the way for the medicine to be ...

(CN) — During an extensive search for new fossil species, Jun Ebersole found one in an old box. “A few years ago, I was looking through the historical fossil collections at the Geological Survey in ...