Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to cold and other extremes.

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

Among the stone carvings they could see 63 plant varieties and 52 animals, including root crops, baskets of rice, sugarcane, sago palm, deer, buffalo, fish and coconut.

Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city. They sifted carefully through the king’s once-grand throne room ...

During a diving expedition in the Nile River, archaeologists in Egypt discovered rock carvings featuring depictions of several ancient Egyptian pharaohs, along with hieroglyphic inscriptions. A ...

Blame these ancient fish New research on fossils shows teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of early fish By Matt Wood May 23, 2025. Anyone who has ever squirmed through a ...

A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into something cold, can be traced back to the exoskeletons of ancient, armored fish.

Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing. Kiona N. Smith – Nov 22, 2024 1:40 pm | 51 ...

The carvings recently deciphered at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey suggest the monument could also represent the world's oldest solar calendar, according to new research.

New ancient fish species earliest known salmon ancestor. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250509122116.htm. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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