Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the burials found at the Neolithic site of Tell Halula in Syria. (CREDIT: Grup de Recerca en Arqueologia del Mediterrani i ...
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Ancient tooth plaque is rewriting the human family tree
Dental calculus is the richest known source of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. That stubborn mineralized plaque, ...
For decades, tiny grooves on fossilized human teeth were believed to be signs of early dental hygiene, evidence that ancient people used sticks or plant fibers as primitive toothpicks. But new ...
Italians began exploring a varied diet sometime between the 7th and 6th centuries BC, according to a new analysis of ancient teeth from Iron Age Italians. Unravelling details about the lifestyles of ...
On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...
Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...
Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale that has appeared in dentistry textbooks for decades, portraying our ...
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