molar

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The team was able to work out the animal's weight using measurements of its teeth and limb bones, and its diet from attributes of their skull, jaws and molars.

From BBC

“Teeth, especially molars, are arguably the best source for the extraction of DNA,” Dr. Claeys said.

From New York Times

But crucially, the researchers also found in one of Mr. Neruda’s molars traces of the bacteria clostridium botulinum.

From New York Times

Yet in 2017, a group of forensic investigators announced that Mr. Neruda had not died of cancer — and that they had found traces of a potentially toxic bacteria in one of his molars.

From New York Times

But the molar was from a very different human relative: Paranthropus, known for its huge teeth and crested ape-size skull, not toolmaking skills.

From Science Magazine