Researchers took teeth from eight different groups and analyzed them as they believe the evolution of tooth shape takes place ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Millions of years ago, wisdom teeth were dead useful. Those hefty molars helped us grind up fibrous veggies. Then, around 1 million to 2 million ...

Humans do not have tails, but do we have “what it takes” for a tail? Hens don’t have teeth, but they have the genes for it. With atavism, it is as if our genomes serve as archives of our ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Lions have them, hippos have them, and even you and I have them: canines, those long, pointy front teeth. They're actually the longest teeth in ...

CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...

Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human ...

Cutting-edge methods are providing novel perspectives on the growth of hominin brains and teeth, yielding critical insights into our unique pattern of development. Aa Aa Aa Reconstructing the ...

Learn more about how Paranthropus robustus lived 2 million years ago, an evolutionary cousin to humans.