The sensitive interior of human teeth might have originated from a seemingly unlikely place: sensory tissue in fish that were swimming in Earth’s oceans 465 million years ago. While our teeth are ...

Our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the "body armor" of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago, scientists say. In a new study, the researchers showed how sensory tissue discovered on ...

Our modern teeth evolved from a most unexpected source. A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved ...

This fish must have a good dentist. A Brazilian businesswoman Paula Monteira went viral earlier this week after she shared images of a fish sporting human-like teeth. The video, which has more than ...

Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, likes to stun people by telling them that our skeletons evolved from a jawless fish. “Much of what we have today has been around ...

A new study reveals your molars may have more in common with prehistoric body armor than you’d expect. The next time you wince from an ice-cold drink or a too-hot slice of pizza, blame your ancestors.

Can we examine the teeth of living fish and other vertebrates in detail, repeatedly over time, without harming them? Previously, small animals often had to be euthanized to obtain precise information, ...

What has needle-like teeth so large they don’t fit inside its mouth, a huge gaping jaw that completely engulfs its prey, and lives in the ocean zone where sunlight can’t reach? That would be the ...

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