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The rise of agriculture allowed for the development of complex societies and technologies that likely wouldn't have been possible otherwise. It also wreaked havoc on human health. And we can add a new downside to the list: our misshapen mouths. More »
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The mountain beaver species of western North America possess some seriously weird teeth. Their teeth are thick and deep, providing the extra toughness necessary to eat hard, gritty plants. So why do they spend all their time eating soft plants? More »
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Paleontologists recently discovered rodent teeth in Peru dating back over 41 million years, making them the oldest evidence of rodents in the Americas. But despite its location, this rodent was far more closely related to today's African, not American, rodents. More »
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Sharks weren't always the huge, vicious alpha predators that they are today. Hundreds of millions of years ago, they were just another tiny little harmless fish species hanging out in lakes and rivers. So yeah...things have changed slightly since then. More »
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Check out this totally insane concept art for Creature, a new indie horror movie coming to U.S. theaters today. Creature is about a monster called Lockjaw — and the reason for the name should be pretty obvious. More »
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Your teeth can reveal a lot about you - including where you grew up. They're also the part of you that's most likely to endure long after you've died. Now some ancient teeth are revealing dating habits that date back a million years. More »
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The marsupials and monotremes that are now found primarily in Australia represent a sort of evolutionary middle ground, mixing together their mammalian features with those of reptiles or amphibians. One ancient marsupial represents a particularly weird case of convergent evolution. More »
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The Gastrotheca guentheri is the strangest frog in the world. 200 million years ago it had a full mouth of teeth. The lower teeth evolved away, then suddenly reappeared millions of years later. It's the best evidence yet of re-evolution. More »
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There are dreadful horror movies. There are hideous exploitation films. And then there's Angst, the story of a woman whose mutant lady-bits devour any man who sleeps with her. This film makes Season of the Witch look like Bergman. NSFW! More »
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Eight recently discovered teeth are very similar to those of modern humans and date back 400,000 years... 200,000 years older than our species is supposed to be. To explain this mystery, we must retrace human evolution. More »
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With Piranha 3D already in line to get a sequel, it's time to admit that penis-severing is the special effect of the year. But the now-infamous piranha cock-chomp wasn't the first. Let's contemplate its forerunners, shall we? More »
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Rape-Ex, a female condom containing teeth so powerful a doctor would have to remove it if it was ever used, is allegedly being distributed at the World Cup. Is the Vagina Dentata the future of personal security? More »
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What's the best part of being posthuman? Smiting your enemies with but a single touch, of course! Here are 10 mutants, cyborgs, and martial artists who are equipped to take down their nemeses using deadly limbs and epidermis. More »
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When a zombie stripper offers you a "private" lapdance, you may want to think twice, if this can't-believe-they-went-there clip from Zombie Strippers is any indication. Nothing is more disturbing than horror sex. Here are 38 NSFW clips to prove it. More »
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Click to viewThis wasn't just the year that science fiction dominated the movies - it also featured an amazing diversity of SF stories. Here's our list of the greatest - and most horrendous - films of 2008. More »
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These Mayan jawbones are centuries old, and demonstrate the venerable tradition of tooth bling (in this case, jade and iron pyrite). But they're also part of a strange tale of international bone theft. More »
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Remember that terrifying little horror movie Teeth, about the sweet girl with a set of fangs in her lady business? Empire Magazine has a look at the X-ray movie poster that was banned for being too naughty. Any one else think this is what The Happening should have been about: women evolving to protect themselves from predators? Click image to enlarge, and see evolution at its best. [Empire Magazine] More »
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SpoilersLost posted an incredibly detailed synopsis of episode four of the new Lost season, then took it down at ABC's request. Because we're spoiler whores first thing in the morning, we're going to risk the wrath of the alphabet by reposting them. (Watch out, they're really detailed!) We also have spoilers for Incredible Hulk, Star Trek and Teeth, and a new Iron Man-related photo. More »
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Morning spoilers is dedicated to destroying suspense. But we also give the occasional inkling about whether upcoming movies or TV shows will suck. Does Robert Downey Jr. look studly as Tony Stark in Iron Man? Will the Napoleon Dynamite-esque humor of vagina dentata movie Teeth thrill or annoy you? Find out below. But also, we have details about Matt "Cloverfield" Reeves' next movie, Star Trek and Terminator 4. More »
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Christian Bale will star in Terminator 4, aka Terminator: Salvation, several news sites are reporting. But will he play a Terminator? Or will he play John Connor, as AICN claims? Neither, says CHUD. Instead, he'll play a character who is "new to the Terminator mythos." That jibes with some other recent reports about the direction of the movie. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=325805&view=rss&microfeed=true An innocent Christian girl discovers her vagina has teeth of its own. On its gleaming white surface, Teeth looks like another gross-out horror comedy. Judging from the just-released trailer, it's definitely over the top. But critics are already praising its exploration of female sexual empowerment through mutation. More »
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