Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Have you ever wondered if slugs can smile — or if they even have teeth? How a slug eats is surprisingly complex!

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ancestor—the first complete Early Pleistocene hominin cranium from the Horn ...

Introduction: Exfoliated or extracted human teeth are increasingly used as accessible records of health history, biomarkers for predicting health risks, or analyzed for organic components to uncover ...

Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...

At his Arkansas high school, now Purdue University first-year student Joseph Chen excelled in science classes, namely biology and anatomy. He easily envisioned a career in health care. During a ...

An ASU research team has discovered 13 ancient human teeth in Ethiopia, dating back to 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago, that appear to be different from any previously known species. According to ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...