59,000-year-old tooth tells horror story of stone drills used by ancient 'dentists'

59,000-year-old tooth tells horror story of stone drills used by ancient 'dentists'

Few of us enjoy the dentist – but next time you're in the chair, think about how lucky you are not to have been visiting a Neanderthal tooth doctor. New research on a single tooth from a Russian cave has found that its center is marked with the kind of grooves made by stone tools used as rudimentary drills.Continue ReadingCategory: Archaeology, ScienceTags: Archeology, Neanderthal, ancient, Russia, Teeth, Tools

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