Mammals feed using a jaw hinge formed by dentary and squamosal bones. Fossil evidence reveals that this type of joint evolved independently in an extinct species of mammalian relatives called ...

ATEN-POUND bite requires a forty-pound contraction of the human jaw muscles. That is because the jaws are built on the principle of a pair of tongs, The power is applied near the joint ...

Now, a 225-million-year-old fossilized jaw joint appears to represent the oldest example of a type of joint that has helped make mammals what they are today. This skeletal structure reveals that ...

From nebulas and black holes to baby star nurseries and ancient collisions, the universe has never looked more beautiful thanks to NASA's $10 billion-telescope. After more than two years in space ...

Five Nights At Freddy'sis filled with tons of scary animatronic monsters, but which ten get the honor of being the scariest ...

Several university professors expressed concerns to The Atlantic about students who come to college unable to read full-length books. Assistant editor Rose Horowitch spoke to several teachers from ...

The mandibular branch runs along your jaw, lower lip, lower gum, and some muscles you use for chewing. The disorder can affect any of the three nerve branches, meaning you could feel pain anywhere ...

These fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, offer critical insights into the development of the mammalian jaw and middle ear ...

But last year, a private fossil hunter named Courtney Travanini made a rare find in northeastern Texas: jaw fragments from an adult G. alabamaensis, with teeth still attached. Travanini discovered ...

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, offer critical insights into the development of the mammalian jaw and ...