Posted on 07/18/2020 4:22:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists have found traces of rampant tooth decay in the teeth of people living almost 9,000 years ago in today's Poland.
According to the researchers from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, the disease, which is also known as [cavities], could have been the result of consuming too much fruit and honey.
Traditionally, it was thought that tooth decay became common only after man began to lead a sedentary lifestyle and use more processed cereal products. But, with farmers not appearing in Poland until about 7,000 years ago, the 9,000-year-old discovery has taken the scientists by surprise...
Professor Jacek Tomczyk from the Institute of Biological Sciences of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw said: "We used a fluorescent camera and various X-ray imaging methods. We detected [cavities], which was not a large enamel defect...
Although their diet consisted largely of fish, which contains anti-[cavities] effects used in some of today's toothpastes, people living in the Mesolithic age, would also eat berries and other fruits found in undergrowth, and possibly also honey.
Anthropologist Professor Krzysztof Szostek from the Institute of Biological Sciences of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, said: "Tooth decay has various causes. It is not only diet-related. It also depends on eating habits: the frequency of eating meals or the composition and pH of saliva. But people consuming more sweet products do have a higher risk of developing [cavities]. Research carried out on the remains from the same period from southern and western Europe (Spain and Portugal) shows that [cavities] was more common there than in northern Europe. Diet was probably one of the main factors of this difference."
(Excerpt) Read more at scienceinpoland.pap.pl ...
My main problem with floss is, I need to floss again to get the little torn bits of floss out of there..
Luckily, they also practiced trepanation.
That’s what attracted the barbarian invaders!
I thought that Ugly Bob destroyed it by taking the bag off his head to save the Canadian Princess that tooth decay kidnapped. So South Park isn’t real?
Wow, there really is a Steppe magazine...
Oh, it's real -- real imaginary. :^)
Really? Does it have articles about how not to get eaten by dire wolves while fly fishing for giant Arctic Char and the best flint points for taking down Mastodons? LOL
Amazing! Next you’ll tell me there really is a Yurt and Forage magazine.
Blasphemy!
Scientists can not be questioned and are always right! Heathen!
FYI, I am an engineer and a well versed in data analysis...because my job depended on it. Unlike “researchers”, if I got it wrong likes they did, I would have been fired.
What a dumb premise for a study. Tooth decay was major problem for our ancestors 50 years ago, in some places in the US, it’s a major problem NOW.
Tell me about it. I've helped my dentist drive around in a luxury car.
My main problem with floss is, I need to floss again to get the little torn bits of floss out of there..
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One of the few things you can’t skimp on in life is good floss.
A 5-year supply of dental floss should be in every SHTF plan.
Good ideas, though.
Tooth decay 9000 years ago was not from eating too many fruits. It was from eating meat and not flossing and trying to crush bones to get at the marrow. Monkeys eat mostly fruits and don’t seem to lose many teeth. I grew up in India, and wild monkeys were ubiquitous. I still remember the alpha male monkey baring his teeth at me, and they looked sparkling white and no teeth missing.
I knew it... They needed Crest and Listerine...
Boy do I remember those!
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