Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Saber teeth — the large fangs of saber-tooth cat fame — are fearsome. They evolved at least five times in predators that are now extinct, but there's been something of a mystery as to why.

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Saber teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most ...

Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why they evolved in different groups of mammals ...

Sabre-toothed predators -- best know from the infamous Smilodon -- evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A new study reveals why: these teeth were 'functionally optimal' and highly ...

Saber teeth such as those that belonged to apex Ice Age predators were superbly shaped for puncturing prey and subduing them, ...

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Researchers have uncovered why the formidable teeth of saber-toothed predators like Smilodon were evolutionarily advantageous ...