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59,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Tooth May Reveal the Earliest Known Dental Procedure — and Pain Treatment

59,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Tooth May Reveal the Earliest Known Dental Procedure — and Pain Treatment Open in Discovermagazine.com
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  • The Neanderthals’ deliberate tooth drilling shows an early dental procedure that may relieve pain, using a stone tool while alive.
  • This finding marks the first known example of dental treatment outside Homo sapiens and is the oldest by more than 40,000 years.
  • Experimental replication with jasper tools matched the grooves and provided final proof the drilling was deliberate care, not random damage.

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'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years ago

'Exceptional' drilled tooth reveals Neanderthals practiced dentistry in Siberia 60,000 years ago

Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests

Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests

Neanderthal ‘dentists’ treated cavities 59,000 years ago

Neanderthal ‘dentists’ treated cavities 59,000 years ago

The Earliest Known Dentistry Wasn't Done By Our Species

The Earliest Known Dentistry Wasn't Done By Our Species

The first known dentist was actually a Neanderthal, study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine

The first known dentist was actually a Neanderthal, study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine

59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth shows earliest evidence of dentistry | CNN

59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth shows earliest evidence of dentistry | CNN

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