The study of dental microwear allows the analysis of the microscopic marks that foods leave on the surface of tooth enamel ...

Tooth enamel gains its strength from the organized arrangement of microscopic enamel prisms in crisscross patterns, known as decussation patterns, which are generated by directional epithelial sliding ...

A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of pinheirodontid multituberculate based on the preserved hemimandible from the Upper ...

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London are using an x-ray diffraction technique to study the development of children's teeth and track migration patterns of our ancestors.

Six teeth from Homo erectus individuals who lived roughly 400,000 years ago in China have yielded enamel proteins carrying an ...