Tooth shows cavemen conducted dental surgery thousands of years before anesthetic
NY Post
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Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anaesthetics, reveals new research.
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 —