The “Tooth Hurty” Joke Has Its Origins In Ancient, Armored Fish
Whenever Yara Haridy, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, shows off the fossils she works with, people are often disappointed. Unlike the statuesque bones of dinosaurs or even the small spirals of ancient seashells, Haridy’s fossils “kind of look like dust, or like the last little bit in your cereal,” she said, adding that … Read more