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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago
Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise dental procedure. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago
Your support helps make our show possible and unlocks access to our sponsor-free feed. Several views of the molar tooth archeologists discovered in Chagyrskaya Cave. Zubova et al./ PLOS One hide caption Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic.
Tooth shows cavemen conducted dental surgery thousands of years before anesthetic
Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anesthetics, reveals new research. Neanderthal dentists were using stone drills to treat cavities nearly 60,000 years ago – more than 40,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to the study. A tooth discovered in a Russian cave has.