Neanderthal dentistry

[Micael]

A research article is out on a tooth find from a Neanderthal living in the Altay mountains of today’s southern Russia 59,000 years ago. The tooth has been determined to have had a hole intentionally drilled into it, likely to treat a bad infection/tooth ache. Since the tooth show signs of having been used to chew after the procedure was performed it can be concluded that this was performed while the tooth was still in the individual’s jaw, and that he lived for a time afterwards. This is the first known instance of dentistry outside of the modern human species.

Article: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/artic ... ne.0347662

[MikeKozlowski]

I think a couple of those guys were still working at the Wurtsmith dental clinic when I got there.


Mike

[Craiglxviii]

I think a couple of those guys were still working at the Wurtsmith dental clinic when I got there.


Mike

At least one of those was still working in Norfolk ten years ago when my wife needed urgent work going!

[Nightwatch2]

I think a couple of those guys were still working at the Wurtsmith dental clinic when I got there.


Mike

At least one of those was still working in Norfolk ten years ago when my wife needed urgent work going!

And one sailed on USS Midway in 1983