By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

It was already getting dark and I sat down to enjoy [the] sunset,” Berghuis said. “And then, right beside me, lay this fossil that reminded me so much of the only Dutch Neanderthal. This is a ...

Learn why both human teeth and an ancient fish contain a key sensory substance — but in different locations.

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...