Losing several teeth changes more than just how well someone can chew a steak. A study from Japan suggests something more concerning happens. After their teeth were removed, studied animals started ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains. Jim Watson ...

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) This proportionally bigger brain is what anthropologists argued enabled us and our ...