For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...

Future research will expand to larger primate samples, investigate diet-wear links in the wild, and apply advanced imaging to see how lesions form. The aim is to refine how we interpret the past while ...

On Valentine's Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

An ASU research team has discovered 13 ancient human teeth in Ethiopia, dating back to 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago, that appear to be different from any previously known species. According to ...

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Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles. Studies of ancient skulls show wider jaws and fewer malocclusions, leading researchers to explore how ...

Archaeologists have learned about the lives of the world’s earliest farmers, how they traveled, and socialized in Neolithic ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...