Languages: English, Spanish A new species of ancient ... of its teeth. "This lack of wear marks shows it didn't use them to rummage through sand, and the fact the front teeth are so flat indicates ...

In the mix were teeth from ... while eating. Tiny, exceptionally sharp teeth belonged to an ancient relative of the angel shark, or monk fish, a bizarre species that lies flat against the seafloor ...

A crocodilian fossil with big teeth and a doglike skull is now shedding ... "Whereas modern-day amphibious crocodiles have low and flat heads, this new find gives us one of the first detailed ...

KAREN HARDY: When you eat, you get this kind of film of dental plaque over your teeth. And if you don't clean ... We get all sorts of different things. BICHELL: Sand, dirt, evidence of carbon ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers may have sustained themselves by eating lots of nuts and other starchy foods, but they paid a high price: rotten teeth ... processed nuts into flat breads and sticky ...

Dentists have uncovered the terrifying truth behind a super-creepy ancient ... flesh-eating beastie turned its mouth inside out and then pulled itself along the floor using a teeth-lined throat.

Excruciating toothaches and pus-filled, swollen gums were a part of life for an ancient ... bits of sand and dirt in the snails, in turn, would have worn down the hunter-gatherers' teeth, Humphrey ...

New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish.

Scientists have created a ‘dentists handbook’ by examining these ancient creatures’ teeth, each of which was shaped for a different purpose, and their research will allow them to build a ...

However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly consisted of isolated teeth, scientists have been left to speculate on what the rest of this ancient predator looked like ...

Flat patches on the sides of ancient European teeth may indicate a tradition of cheek piercings, known as labrets. These patches, found on Pavlovian people from 25,000 to 29,000 years ago, suggest ...

One was nearly half a metre long, and the other a full metre. Anchovies today have tiny teeth that are mainly used to eat plankton, but these early anchovies probably preyed on other fishes.