The crew headed offshore searching for fresh dinner, but things changed fast once one of the ocean’s fastest predators slammed the bait. Built like a missile with razor-sharp teeth capable of slicing ...

A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...

A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar contains evidence of a cavity removal procedure, offering fresh insight into these early ...

"The concept of ‘This hurts, and I’m going to work on it, because if I get this out of here it’s going to feel better ...

Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anesthetics, reveals new research. Neanderthal dentists ...

When thinking of incredible animals, the gorilla and wolf may be two that come to mind. After all, the world’s largest ...

Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

The tooth was unearthed from Chagyrskaya Cave in Siberia and pushes back the record of primitive dentistry by more than ...

Scientists say a tooth discovered in a Russian cave has provided the oldest evidence of "complex" dental care.

59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

This means that the patient not only survived the procedure but then went on to chew enough food over the course of time to ...