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Researchers Test Canine Tooth Strength for Clues to Behavior of Early Human Ancestors

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Measuring and testing the teeth of living primates could provide a window into the behavior of the earliest human ancestors, based on their fossilized remains. Research funded by the National Science Foundation and led by ...





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Baby canine teeth: No evidence to support extraction

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The practice of extracting baby canine teeth to make way for adult canines that are erupting in the wrong place has no evidential basis, according to a new study by Cochrane Researchers. In a systematic review, the researchers ...


Soy may aid in treating canine cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking to soy as a way to make traditional canine cancer therapy more effective, less stressful for the dog and less costly for the owners.


Keeping canines healthy -- canine teeth, that is

Keeping canines healthy -- canine teeth, that is

Biology /

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Dental disease is a serious problem in pets," said Dr. Brenda Mulherin, community practice veterinarian at the Dr. W. Eugene and Linda Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center. "Signs of dental abnormalities ...


Study: White wine can make tooth stains darker

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain. But white wine? A recent study by NYU dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains.


Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals

Early whales gave birth on land, fossil find reveals (Video)

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two newly described fossil whales---a pregnant female and a male of the same species--reveal how primitive whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from ...


New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'

New fossil primate suggests common Asian ancestor, challenges primates such as 'Ida'

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

According to new research published online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) on July 1, 2009, a new fossil primate from Myanmar (previously known as Burma) suggests that the co ...


Researchers Crack the Mystery of Resilient Teeth

Researchers Crack the Mystery of Resilient Teeth

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After years of biting and chewing, how are human teeth able to remain intact and functional? A team of researchers from The George Washington University and other international scholars have ...


Researchers give name to ancient mystery creature

Researchers give name to ancient mystery creature

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 18, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (27) | comments 0

For the first time, researchers at the University of Alberta have been able to put a name and a description to an ancient mammal that still defies classification.


The common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes may have originated in Asia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new primate fossil in Myanmar (formerly Burma) lends weight to the hypothesis that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes (anthropoid primates) originated in Asia, and not in Africa. ...


Exposure to alkaline substances can result in damaged teeth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has long been known that acids can erode tooth enamel but a new Swedish study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that strong alkaline substances can damage teeth too - substances ...



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