In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

More than 2,000 animal teeth have been excavated from the graves at Zvejnieki, making it a prime location to study how ancient humans interacted with these materials.

Llamas are cute, but what makes them even better human companions is their gentleness and empathy. People from their native ...

If you think that rodents are typically tiny in size and that beavers are gigantic when compared to other members of the ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are ...

As luck would have it, excavations uncovered two more toe bones along with seven teeth, two finger bones, and part of a femur on return trips to Callao Cave in 2011 and 2015. In all, the remains ...

UC Davis study of 161 fish species using high-speed video reveals evolutionary trade-off: large teeth prevent mobile jaw development.

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya. Floods and the economic fallout from COVID-19 are pitting hungry fishermen against hungry hippos—with deadly results.