“The body doesn’t differentiate between these different stressors; it interprets them all as a sabre-toothed tiger and prepares to confront or flee danger,” adds Jamieson. “While this ...

Sabre teeth — the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon — represent one of the most ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Paleontologists have discovered the first saber-toothed tiger paw prints. The fossilized prints date back 50,000 years and were discovered in Argentina. Produced by ...

Using a hominid skull and two curved fingers, a researcher graphically illustrated how a sabre-toothed tiger could leap on an unfortunate hominid from behind and grab its skull, with its two fangs ...

Negativity bias—our tendency to focus more on negative experiences—exists for a reason: Those slowest to spot the sabre-toothed tiger were the first to end up as its meal. Fast-forward 10,000 ...