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Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ijqzs
#anthropology #archaeology #bioarchaeology #neanderthals #osteoarchaeology #paleoanthropology #science #teeth
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/ -
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ijqzs
#anthropology #archaeology #bioarchaeology #neanderthals #osteoarchaeology #paleoanthropology #science #teeth
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/ -
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ijqzs
#anthropology #archaeology #bioarchaeology #neanderthals #osteoarchaeology #paleoanthropology #science #teeth
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/ -
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ijqzs
#anthropology #archaeology #bioarchaeology #neanderthals #osteoarchaeology #paleoanthropology #science #teeth
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/ -
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/ijqzs
#anthropology #archaeology #bioarchaeology #neanderthals #osteoarchaeology #paleoanthropology #science #teeth
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/neanderthals-drilled-cavities-to-treat-a-toothache-59000-years-ago/ -
DNA reveals rare dwarfism in teenager who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago
An international research team has confirmed the earliest known genetic diagnosis in an anatomically modern human, identifying a rare skeletal disorder in a prehistoric adolescent female who lived more than 12,000 years ago...
© Image courtesy of Dr. Adrian Daly
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rare-dwarfism-in-teenager-italy-12000-years-ago/
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #stoneage #Archaeogenetics #Osteoarchaeology #anthropology
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Is it possible to identify #Tobacco use from human remains?
Our colleague #SheridanStrang is currently investigating this question with five tooth samples from the #Napoleonic #battlefield of #Deutsch-Wagram
The project is funded by the British Association for Biological #anthropogy and #Osteoarchaeology #BABAO and takes place in cooperation with the #viennabiocenter of the @univienna and the research group #TobaccoAndHealth of #UniversityOfLeicester -
From 15 Feb: Archaeologists found evidence of trepanation on medieval woman’s skull - Enlarge / This skull of a 50-year-old-ish medieval woman, circa 6th to 8th century, shows ... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/t-is-for-trepanation-this-medieval-woman-had-two-brain-surgeries-skull-shows/ #archaeology #bio-archaeology #ct-scanning #gaming-&-culture #history-of-medicine #osteoarchaeology #paleopathology #scanning-electron-microscopy #science #trepanation
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Archaeologists found evidence of trepanation on medieval woman’s skull - Enlarge / This skull of a 50-year-old-ish medieval woman, circa 6th to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1917619 #scanningelectronmicroscopy #historyofmedicine #osteoarchaeology #gaming&culture #bioarchaeology #paleopathology #archaeology #trepanation #ctscanning #science