Learn how growth patterns in tooth enamel and residues trapped in dental plaque were used to reconstruct childhood ...

Fossils of tiny, jawless marine animals reveal tooth structures sharper than sharks or steel, forcing scientists to rethink ...

A new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach full maturity (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Ancestor to lemurs and lorises, the ancestor to monkeys, apes, and tarsiers and the ancestor to all primates, share the same eruption sequence with each other. Darwinius may be a little longer in the ...

The long period of development leading up to a modern human's adulthood arose relatively late in our evolutionary history, according to an analysis of growth patterns in fossil teeth in the 6 December ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Localized hypoplasia of the labial surface of deciduous canine teeth is a widely reported enamel defect, the etiology of which remains ...