Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

"A key purpose of this volume is to honor Professor Christy G. Turner II"--Page xii. Bite marks in tule quids : the life and times of a dental anthropologist / Christy G. Turner II -- Twin and family ...

Researchers have investigated the importance of the Notch pathway for the evolution of tooth morphology. Mutations in this signalling pathway can lead to defective structures in tooth enamel. Studies ...

New research reveals how genes inherited from Neanderthals and critical developmental markers like PITX2 influence tooth size, shedding light on human evolution and genetic diversity. Study: PITX2 ...

Dental anthropology and morphology -- Description and classification of permanent crown and root traits -- Biological considerations : ontogeny, asymmetry, sex dimorphism, and inter-trait association ...

A team of researchers has documented what is likely the oldest case of successful dental treatment in history of human ...

Example of Baikal seal skull specimens. (a) Maxilla and (b) mandible tooth row. (c–f) Enlarged view of maxilla teeth. (c) Yellow arrows represent the number of cusps. (d) Yellow dashed line represents ...

Representative images and heatmaps illustrate how human fetal tooth germs from the upper and lower jaws, although morphologically similar at the cap stage, already display distinct gene expression ...