A study titled "Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme 'saber-tooth' morphology" published in Current Biology reveals why: these teeth were 'functionally optimal ...

Because tooth shape varies with fracture properties of the foods that primates eat, relationships between dental form and function can teach us about the diets of our distant ancestors. Aristotle ...

The girl’s tooth so closely matched the morphology of a tooth from a Denisovan mandible found in China’s Gansu Province that the researchers concluded she was likely also Denisovan. Shara Bailey, a ...

A new study, published today in Current Biology reveals why: these teeth were ‘functionally optimal’ and highly effective at puncturing prey. The study, led by scientists at the University of ...