Long before sushi became one of Japan’s most famous exports, the Japanese appetite for fish was already leaving evidence behind—in their teeth. Researchers examining centuries-old dental plaque from ordinary people buried in Osaka found traces of red sea bream,...
A new study of 21 ancient teeth found in southern China may provide the strongest evidence yet that early humans and Homo erectus interbred during the Middle Pleistocene.
The fossils, uncovered at the Hualongdong archaeological site and dated to at...