The first dentist: How a single tooth changes what we thought about Neanderthals
Haaretz
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Evidence of caries treatment on a 60,000-year-old tooth found in Russia pushes back the birth of dentistry, a skill that archaeologists didn't expect to encounter in Neanderthals
Neanderthal dentistry discovered
- Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago NPR —
- 'A remarkable achievement': Neanderthals may have practised dentistry ABC News —
- Neanderthal dentist drilled into decayed tooth almost 60,000 years ago Financial Times —
- Neanderthal Dentists Treated Cavities With Stone Drills. Yes, Really Gizmodo —
- Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests The Guardian —