Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into tooth
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Neanderthals are world’s oldest dentists. They performed tooth surgeries 60,000 years ago
The authors of the study, from the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Science, first discovered the tooth as part ...
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