Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

In the new study, Zollikofer and his team examined several teeth that were uncovered over 20 years ago in the Caucasus ...

Analyses revealed a unique pattern in which back teeth matured more slowly than front teeth in the specimen's first five years. This pattern, combined with an observed reliance on adult caregivers, ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ancestors. It was also the height of scientific racism.

Researchers in Australia recently discovered a 2 million year old skull that gives us more clues about our evolution as a ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

Isotopic analysis of their teeth suggests that they came from many ... Photograph by John Verano The child's skull shows that cinnabar, a red mineral used for ceremonial purposes, had been hastily ...

In children, molars may not have emerged ... likely belonged to a male. Hadar Skull: teeth With much of their original enamel worn off, these teeth likely belonged to an older person.

There she saw them, on a limestone shelf: teeth and fragments of skull belonging to a Homo naledi child. Homo naledi is a mysterious human ancestor that lived about 250,000 years ago. Peixotto ...