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Fish covered in tooth-like armour could help reveal how teeth evolved

2 July 2021

A pet fish adorned with tooth-like scales is helping biologists tackle a longstanding debate about the origin of teeth
skull

Earliest known bubonic plague strain found in 5000-year-old skull

29 June 2021

The bacterium behind the Black Death, which wrought devastation in medieval times, has been found in the skull of a man living 5000 years ago in Latvia – it’s the earliest known plague strain

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