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The molar showed that the Neanderthal who underwent the dental procedure was an adult, though the researchers do not know the ...

We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the damage.

Researchers identified a stem cell population that declines during aging, but anti-aging drugs may help restore their ...

New research has revealed that early human relatives were carrying out dental procedures long before modern tools and ...

Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment ...

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Neanderthals practiced a surprisingly advanced form of dentistry, detecting tooth decay and removing it with stone drills.

A deep cavity in a single Neanderthal molar from Siberia looks less like random damage and more like a deliberate act of ...