Many animals can reshape and shed their teeth – and now scientists have traced this ability back 380 million years
- Written by Kate Trinajstic, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
Artist's illustration of Bullerichthys, a placoderm fish that could resorb its teeth like modern bony fishes do.Brian Choo & Peter SchoutenLosing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until they’re replaced by thicker, more durable and permanent ones. But humans aren’t the only animals capable of...




