Ancient Plaque Reveals Details About Our Ancestors’ Lives
There’s a surprising amount of information stored in the hardened plaque, or calculus, between teeth, according to an international team of researchers. And.
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Ancient Plaque Reveals Exotic Diets 3,700 Years Ago
A study of ancient proteins in human plaque has revealed that oriental elements and cooking oils were a part of diets in the.
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Ancient Enamel Reveals Ancestors’ Role in Human Family Tree
Proteins embedded in 800,000-year-old dental enamel have revealed the position of Homo antecessor in the human family tree, according to the University of.
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Ancient Humans Consumed Hard Foods Without Damaging Their Teeth
Hard plant foods may have made up a larger part of early human ancestors’ diet than currently presumed, according to a study of.
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Teeth Indicate Gender Equality in Ancient Scandinavian Society
The Scandinavian countries’ culture of equality between the sexes may go back a long way, according to researchers at the University of Tübingen.
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Ancient Teeth Reveal a New Evolutionary Cousin
An international team of researchers used uranium series analysis to date teeth and bone from at least three small hominid individuals found in.
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10,000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Reveals Early Scandinavian DNA
The first human beings who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in wads of chewing gum made.
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Ancient Ancestor Shares Modern Dental Development
A relative of modern humans that lived at least 104,000 years ago in northern China showed evidence of dental growth and development very.
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Ancient Plaque Proves That Neanderthals Used “Aspirin”
Ancient DNA found in the dental plaque of Neanderthals—our nearest extinct relative—has revealed new information about their behavior, diet, and evolutionary history, including.
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Ancient Plaque Proves That Neanderthals Used “Aspirin”
Ancient DNA found in the dental plaque of Neanderthals—our nearest extinct relative—has revealed new information about their behavior, diet, and evolutionary history, including.
