Scientists are fleshing out their understanding of Neanderthals by analyzing a Neanderthal tooth. The dental analysis is ...
Deep inside a Siberian cave that Neanderthals occupied tens of thousands of years ago, a single molar sat embedded in ...
Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...
Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical ...
A tooth discovered in a Siberian cave bore signs of dental surgery apparently performed with a small stone tool to remove ...
A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar contains evidence of a cavity removal procedure, offering fresh insight into these early ...
Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.
A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...
Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research suggests. Scientists say that shells of reptiles caught by children may have been used as ladles or digging devices by early humans over 100,000 ...
Now, new research published in the journal PLOS One indicates that they were capable of complex dental interventions, which ...
Learn how researchers recreated a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dental procedure and uncovered evidence that ancient humans may ...