Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

This means that the patient not only survived the procedure but then went on to chew enough food over the course of time to ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying ...

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

In a study published in the journal PLOS One, researchers from the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography ...

A surprising new discovery suggests that Neanderthals may have carried out a form of dental treatment nearly 60,000 years ago. Researchers studying an ancient tooth found evidence that these early ...

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands ...