Thursday 20 September 2012

6,500-Year-Old Human Jaw Bone Shows Evidence of Early Human Dentistry

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE reveals new evidence of early human dentistry after researchers found a 6,500 year old human jaw bone in which a tooth showed traces of beeswax filling. The researchers, led by Federico Bernardini and Claudio Tuniz of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy in cooperation with Sincrotrone Trieste and other institutions, write that the beeswax was applied around the time of the individual's ...

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