Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

A new study from the University of Chicago suggests our sensitive teeth may be an evolutionary leftover that once helped our ...

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Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, likes to stun people by telling them that our skeletons evolved from a jawless fish ... fact that human teeth are sensitive.

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

Researchers have found that dentine — a substance in the inner layer of teeth that sends sensory information to nerves inside the pulp — served a similar sensation-gathering purpose on the armed ...

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

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...

said the fish have “large and incisor-shaped” teeth that are eerily similar to human teeth. Mathubara said: “These teeth, combined with an impressive biting force, are essential for cutting ...

A popular holiday resort has been forced to close after piranha-like fish with human teeth attacked 94 tourists in the space of a year. There have been at least 30 fish attacks on holidaymakers at ...