To trace tusk evolution, researchers needed a more concrete definition to distinguish tusks from teeth and other external ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When Haridy studied the tissues of her catfish, she saw that the denticles were ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish.

Tooth Pain is older than tooth itself, study revealed, could be traced back to 465 million years in fish’s armored skin ...

Human teeth evolved from the ancient sensory armor of fish over 460 million years ago, revealing a surprising link between ...

A new study published in Nature traces the evolutionary origin of human teeth to sensory structures found on the exoskeletons ...

A recent study reveals that human teeth evolved from the sensory armor of ancient fish that lived 465 million years ago.

If you've ever gotten a toothache from eating something cold like ice cream, scientists at the University of Chicago might ...

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study ...