Neanderthal teeth with toothpick marks suggest they practiced dental hygiene 46,000 years ago
While the idea of prehistoric dentistry may not sound enticing, anthropologists have discovered evidence Neanderthals practiced an early form of dental hygiene. Examining a wisdom tooth and premolar from the Late Pleistocene era, anthropologists in Poland found evidence their owners used a rudimentary toothpick. It’s not clear what the pick was made out of but … Read more