[SunkenCiv]

Chagyrskaya 64 molar tooth and its macro-features: General view of the tooth in five projections.

Image from the study.

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Journal Reference: Zubova AV, Zotkina LV, Olsen JW, Kulkov AM, Moiseyev VG, Malyutina AA, et al. (2026) Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals. PLoS One 21(5): e0347662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347662

[Beowulf9]

Einstein was a Neanderthal.

[Red Badger]

Well, we can rule out British.............

[ComputerGuy]

Tie a string to the doorknob. Slam! No tooth.

[boycott]

“Scientists have already moved from the “Neanderthals were brutes” theories. They were every bit as intelligent and sophisticated as Homo sapiens, if not more so.”

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So if someone calls me a Neanderthal, I should just take it as a compliment?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I wonder if his dental insurance covered the procedure. Probably not.

[Jim W N]

A Neanderthal with a Toothache May Have Invented Dentistry 59,000 Years Ago

Would have been hard since God created man about 6,000 years ago...

[Texas Eagle]

My dentist must be a direct descendant.

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

Looks better than any random tooth in the late Shane MacGowan’s mouth.

[faithhopecharity]

we’ve heard rumor that there’s been a teeny weeny bit (not much) progress since then?
it does sound all too familiar, from recent personal experience, tho

[muir_redwoods]

My three favorite inventions of the twentieth century are home air conditioning, Novocain and Rock and Roll.

[minnesota_bound]

My dentist must be a descendant of that Neanderthal dentist....
I have a veneer that feels tight and a tooth that had a root canal done that hurts when I eat anything. He has tried a few times to correct but still the same issue. I may end up with a new dentist that I hope is a modern human.