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Neanderthals were performing dental surgery

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Neanderthals were performing dental surgery nearly 60,000 years ago – and it actually worked

Going to the dentist has never been fun, but imagine how rough it must have been in the era before anaesthetics, handwashing, and shiny, sterile equipment. Go one step further, and picture having your tooth drilled in a cave by a Neanderthal nearly 60,

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Tooth from Siberian cave reveals Neanderthal dental surgery

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Neanderthals were performing dental surgery nearly 60,000 years ago and it surprisingly worked

Smithsonian Magazine

Neanderthals Got Cavities, Too—and New Research Suggests They Drilled Into Their Teeth to Treat Them, Just Like Modern Dentists

Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...

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Tooth shows cavemen conducted dental surgery thousands of years before anesthetic

Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anesthetics, reveals new research. Neanderthal dentists ...

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