A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved from the piercing “body armor” of extinct fish, which ...

Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

An artistic representation of the Gotlant burial of a Viking-era woman with a modified skull Current Swedish Archaeology / Mirosław Kuźma / Matthias Toplak Examples of artificially altered bones ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Our knowledge about the origins of teeth pertains to that of the entire body, a natural occurrence made up of tissues. But did you know that human teeth evolved from the "body armour" of an extinct ...

Our modern teeth evolved from a most unexpected source. A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved ...