But our study shows Paranthropus had very low rates of enamel chipping (a common type of tooth fracture), comparable to living primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees, which rarely eat hard foods.

A construction worker in Northwest Iowa discovered something unexpected among the rocks during an excavation earlier this month — a woolly mammoth tooth. Tiffany Adrain, a University of Iowa fossil ...

A lucky Florida family found a once-in-a-lifetime fossil that belonged to one of the biggest predators that ever roamed the ocean. Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South ...

Editor’s Note: Video above shows 2025 Fossil Road Show JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) said a fossil tooth found in the state ...

A large broken tooth found 10,000 feet deep is being hailed as a historic discovery. It’s the only known case of a megalodon shark fossil being plucked from its original resting place in the ...

Last year, a woman found an incredible 12 million-year-old megalodon tooth while on the beach in Venice, Florida. Earlier this year, paleontologists uncovered the fossil of a brand-new species of ...

Bricen Columbia, 19, found a 6.5-inch megalodon tooth in South Carolina while fossil hunting with his family and Palmetto Fossil Excursions. On June 10, the tour group posted a photo of the tooth ...

Palmetto Fossil Excursions co-owner Skye Basak said land site hunters are lucky to find even one tooth of this length — 6.5 inches — in their lifetimes By Nicole Tan • Published June 26 ...

CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — Molly Sampson might just be the world's most adorable fossil-hunting paleontologist. Not to mention the luckiest. And the youngest. Molly is 9 years old. On Christmas ...

The fossil came from a shark about 60 to 65 feet long, Palmetto Fossil Excursions co-owner Skye Basak said. "I think it was an incredible find," she said. "You're lucky to find a 6-inch [tooth].

Family unearths ‘monster' megalodon tooth while fossil hunting Palmetto Fossil Excursions co-owner Skye Basak said land site hunters are lucky to find even one tooth of this length — 6.5 ...