Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

Braces, rubber bands, even jaw surgery—millions endure them in pursuit of a straighter smile. But were misaligned smiles ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

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

Oil pulling, an ancient remedy, is making a modern comeback. Dentists weigh in on its role in oral health and where science stands today.

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

In a nutshell CT scans of 15 Viking-age skulls revealed widespread dental infections, sinusitis, ear diseases, and joint ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

Recent research has pushed the boundaries of ancient protein analysis, retrieving proteins from fossils up to 24 million ...