Stone age Julia Roberts

Ananova ^ | 11/17/2004 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Archeologists have nicknamed a stone age skeleton Julia Roberts because of her perfect teeth.

They were stunned by the condition of the women's teeth - still strong and straight after 9,000 years.

Archaeologists now believe stone age man must have had a secret way of making toothpaste.

Preserved remains of cattle bones and wheat found near her body show her diet was similar to what many people eat today in less developed areas of the world - but her teeth were far superior.

Georgi Ganetsovski, who led the archaeological expedition to Ohoden in northwest Bulgaria, said the skeleton was believed to be the oldest ever found in Europe - but was more remarkable for its teeth than its age.

He said: "She was a rare beauty and could have competed with today's Hollywood stars with her perfect set of teeth. She is a stone age Julia Roberts. She would have had a perfect smile - it really is a puzzle."

Last year, Viennese historians reported they had unearthed an ancient Egyptian way of making toothpaste in use thousands of years before Colgate officially marketed the world's first commercial toothpaste.

An ancient Egyptian scribe has carefully detailed on woven papyrus what he lists as a "powder for white and perfect teeth" that when mixed with saliva formed a "clean tooth paste".

As well as 1 drachma of rock salt, a measure equal to 0.5 gramms, the recipe requires two drachmas of mint, one drachma of iris and 20 grains of pepper, to be crushed and mixed together.

[rightinthemiddle]

"He's got a pretty mouf, ain't he?"







Squeeeel, boy.

[Little Bill]

Rule Brittania, The US of A rules the waves..............Your sons and daughters, in the USA, shall never, never, never be slaves!.

[BenLurkin]

"Archaeologists now believe stone age man must have had a secret way of making toothpaste." Oh really? Antediluvian mystery ping

[Hatteras]

There is really only one stone age woman with perfect teeth...

[BreitbartSentMe]

Archaeologists now believe stone age man must have had a secret way of making toothpaste.

Uh, maybe just not eating sugar constantly????

[Rockpile]

So, they found a bony woman with an empty skull? By golly she IS like Julia Roberts.

[AZLiberty]

Tooth decay is not entirely dietary. It is caused by a particular type of bacterium, streptococcus mutans, that is commonly transmitted from mother to child. Many in the dental community believe that children of a mother with poor dental health are at much higher risk of tooth decay, because of the additional exposure to the bacterium. Vaccines are being developed against this bacterium, and mutant strains of the bacterium are being developed that lack the genes to turn sugar into damaging acid.

Hence, it's possible that these isolated populations benefited by being isolated from the tooth decay bacterium rather than from the tooth decay diet.

[South40]

Is her name also Julie Roberts?

Also? Her name is Julie, not Julia as in the topic of this thread. And she sings as good as she looks...almost.

Julie Roberts.com

[Rytwyng]

Tooth decay is not entirely dietary. It is caused by a particular type of bacterium, streptococcus mutans, that is commonly transmitted from mother to child

However, populations on primitive diets have much denser teeth, which better resist dissolution by acid producing bacteria. Furhtermore, humans on an optimal diet constantly remineralize their teeth via saliva, and experiments on "civilized" folk show that a dietary change can actually stop in-progress caries, despite the presumed presence of the decay producing bacteria.

Finally, the isolated populations had perfectly straight teeth on primitive food, then got collapsed faces, crooked/impacted teeth -- in addition to decay -- after the switch to storebought food. It's just impossible that there's a non-dietary explanation for this. And how do you explain the arrest of tooth decay (without dental work!) by dietary changes alone?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the ping Ben. "Archaeologists now believe stone age man must have had a secret way of making toothpaste." Unfortunately, it took another 8000 years for someone to invent the first toothbrush. Oh well, at least they had nice obsidian mirrors right away. ;')

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