Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...

While somber, their remains and burial goods are helping experts better understand class, gender, and parenting dynamics of late Neolithic society known as the Corded Ware Culture. The discoveries are ...

In tests on real human teeth, scientists discovered that eating vegetables can permanently damage the enamel layer that ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular cultural practice. These decorative ornaments that have been dug up in ...

million wisdom teeth are removed every year, but the process of sending them to a biobank could be very simple.

The research reveals how targeting the KMT2D gene could help correct oral disorders and prevent craniofacial birth defects.

Wearing a retainer after braces isn’t optional—it’s essential. Here’s what research says about retainer types, effectiveness, ...

A New York couple stumble upon an ancient mastodon fossil beneath their lawn.

In March, he received the prestigious American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) Joseph Lister ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...