A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of ...

Scientists think Neanderthal children may have had faster growth rates because larger bodies tend to retain heat more ...

About 50,000 years ago, a Neanderthal baby died at roughly six months of age and was buried in Amud Cave, a limestone shelter ...

Sometime around 55,000 years ago, a Neanderthal infant died in what is now Amud Cave in northern Israel. The child was only ...

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...

The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a gray seal, which would have ...

Tooth development is a continuous, highly orchestrated process that serves as an ideal model for dissecting the cellular and molecular mechanisms of organogenesis. In recent years, advances in ...

Not everyone wants their teeth to be white and gleaming. Tooth blackening is a recognized part of modern Vietnamese culture, and a recent discovery hints that the roots of this practice may stretch ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

Losing teeth has meant artificial replacements for centuries. Japanese researchers at Kyoto University Hospital are changing that with human trials of a drug that regrows natural teeth. By 2030, ...