When people imagine the earliest human tools, they usually picture weapons. Stone handaxes, sharpened spears and heavy clubs ...
A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...
Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.
A hole drilled into a 60,000-year-old molar suggests that Neanderthals practiced complex dental care long before modern ...
Neanderthals used rock drills to treat an infected tooth, according to a study that pushes back the earliest known evidence ...
The 60,000-year-old tooth, viewed from different angles. (Zubova et al., PLOS One, 2026, CC-BY 4.0) A 60,000-year-old ...
A Neanderthal molar found in Siberia is giving scientists a surprising look. The 59,000-year-old tooth shows signs of a ...
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Tiny crystals hidden inside an ancient bone forced scientists to redraw the timeline of a famous Homo juluensis tool site.
Ancient innovation revealed: Stone tools from 146,000 years ago show Ice Age humans in China adapted creatively to extreme cold. Dating rewrites history: Calcite crystals in animal bones pushed the ...
For decades, researchers walked past them without a second thought, isolated teeth, piled in ancient caves across France and ...