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Posted on 05/16/2026 7:31:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A new study suggests that about 59,000 years ago, someone used a small stone tool to drill into a badly decayed tooth, remove diseased tissue and expose the pulp chamber. The patient may have done it himself, or allowed another Neanderthal to do it. Either way, the procedure points to a striking level of skill, pain tolerance and practical medical understanding...
By the time archaeologists found it in Chagyrskaya Cave, in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, the molar had lost nearly all of its crown. Its enamel was gone and the chewing surface had been worn flat by a hard life and a hard diet...
Stunningly, the operation may have worked, at least partly. The treated tooth shows signs of later wear, meaning it remained in use after the painful intervention, but the isolated molar cannot reveal whether the infection eventually healed or spread deeper into the jaw. Exposing the pulp may also have destroyed nerves and reduced pain afterward...
Evidence for Neanderthal "medicine" was already building before. Researchers have long pointed to Neanderthals who survived serious injuries, illness, and old age -- survival that likely required food sharing, protection, and social care. There were also hints of medicinal plant use and a form of natural antibiotic repeated toothpick marks that may have helped relieve oral pain. But this is a whole different story.
(Excerpt) Read more at zmescience.com ...
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Chagyrskaya 64 molar tooth and its macro-features: General view of the tooth in five projections.Image from the study.
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
The Neandertal Enigma"Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Einstein was a Neanderthal.
Well, we can rule out British.............
Tie a string to the doorknob. Slam! No tooth.
Have to invent the doorknob first.
I’ll get right on it. Give me 40,000 years.
“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?
Ha, ha. Probably not, but "Clan of the Cave Bear" IS a good book.
I wonder if his dental insurance covered the procedure. Probably not.
Would have been hard since God created man about 6,000 years ago...
My dentist must be a direct descendant.
According to generally accepted science, European-descended people are 2% Neanderthal.
According to researchers like Harvard’s David Reich, we may be even more Neanderthal than that!
Stay tuned!!
Looks better than any random tooth in the late Shane MacGowan’s mouth.
OFF TOPIC
our dogged explorer Voyager One is approaching one light day out soon
By thanksgiving I think
We’ll need a thread !
It was fully covered by the NHS. Neanderthal Health Service. Neanderthals were socialists, but they ran out of other clan’s money. Hence they lost out to Cro-Magnons, who were capitalists. Unfortunately due to interbreeding some Neanderthal DNA survived in modern humans. Today those with excess Neanderthal DNA are known as Democrats.
As good an explanation as any. Poor guy, though, if it was covered by the NHS he would have had to wait for years in excruciating pain.
or George Soros?
Hand me that stone drill would you please.
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