Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual ...

Maternal DNA from Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave show Neanderthals moved across wide areas of Europe.

Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils. The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish ...

Even the gentlest sip of a cold drink can send a jolt through our teeth. That familiar sting, long thought to be a side effect of enamel wear, might instead hint at something far more ancient — the ...

Ancient teeth are helping scientists reconstruct the changing environments where early human ancestors evolved in East Africa ...