Neanderthals

Ancient Dental Calculus Reveals Neanderthal Diets

Neanderthals ate both plants and animals, according to a study of dental calculus and...

Researchers Chart 100,000-Year-Old History of Oral Bacteria

By comparing the fossilized dental plaque of human beings and Neanderthals spanning the past...

Researchers Find Tooth from One of Northern Italy’s Last Neanderthals

A milk tooth found in the vicinity of Riparo del Broion on the Berici...

Ancient Enamel Reveals Ancestors’ Role in Human Family Tree

Proteins embedded in 800,000-year-old dental enamel have revealed the position of Homo antecessor in...

Fossils Reveal Clues to Early Hominin Dental Evolution

Some of the dental features characteristic of Neanderthals were already present in an Early...

Fossils Reveal Earliest Neanderthal Dental Features

Fossil teeth from Italy, among the oldest human remains on the Italian peninsula, show...

Neanderthal Tartar Reveals Limited Plant-Based Diet

The Neanderthals roamed Europe and Western Asia between 230,000 and 28,000 years ago. While...

Tooth Fossils Suggest a Simpler Evolutionary Path

While your dentist looks at your teeth for signs of decay, biologists are looking...

Jawbone Discovered in England is First Human in Europe

An international team of scientists recently made a discovery that’s significant to the history...