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For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone belonging to a previously unknown mammal species with razor-like teeth. With the ...

"Natural teeth connect to the jawbone through soft tissue rich in nerves, which help sense pressure and texture and guide how ...