Learn more about a new technology that is turning ancient teeth into one of archaeology’s most powerful tools.

In a recent study, scientists have made remarkable strides in understanding medieval diets through an unexpected source: ...

A study has, for the first time, identified minute traces of broomcorn millet consumption directly from human dental calculus ...

Remnants of a rare pigment found in dental tartar of a woman buried around 1,000 years ago at a medieval monastery indicate that she may have been an elite scribe or book painter. These pigment flecks ...

As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are one of the best analogues for some of our own ancient behaviours. However, our understanding of fundamental behaviours such as diet is limited by ...

Editor’s Note: Christina Warinner is a research assistant at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zürich, Switzerland and will be a research associate at the Molecular ...

While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing at ...

For many of us, our dogs are more than just pets. They’re members of the family, our best friends and, ultimately, extensions of ourselves. Thus, it’s no surprise that the value of the global pet ...

Once again, an oral health condition has been linked to heart disease. A new study found that dental patients with prevalent calculus ended up developing chest pain, or angina pectoris, significantly ...

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