Male hominins may have lost the extra-large canine teeth that are seen in most other male primates at least 4.5 million years ago – relatively early in our evolution. This suggests that male human ...

A pup’s sweet glance is all your heart really needs, but scientists have now proven that people have emotional ties to dogs, and very good boys bond with us in return. Now, a new study in the Journal ...

How can you understand the emotional bond between humans and animals just by looking at old bones? The remains of an ancient puppy who survived distemper can help. In 1914, a group of workers found a ...

Why do humans have canine teeth? Patrick McGannon, Surprise, Arizona All primate species have them, says Sabrina Sholts, a curator of physical anthropology at the Museum of Natural History. Early ...

Two well-preserved teeth recovered from sediments in Germany offer intriguing clues to how some of our distant primate relatives eked out a living in what is now northern Europe. But do these teeth, ...