ACTON, Australia, Sept. 30 (UPI) --Scientists believe a 400 million-year-old fish fossil holds clues to the evolutionary origins of human teeth. Upon excavation, it wasn't clear whether the ancient ...

The fish fossil was a dissected jaw of a species called buchanosteus – an armoured fish from the extinct placoderm group. By running a scanner across the ancient find and creating a digital model of ...

Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) and Queensland Museum are among the country's first to use 3D printing to better understand prehistoric life. They examined a ...

Photo for representational purpose only. Researchers have found three-dimensional prints of a 400 million year old fish fossil that can reveal the possible evolutionary origins of human teeth. The ...

Scientists have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification ...