Neanderthal Dentistry: “tooth’s hollow had been scooped out by a stone drill rather than by natural decay or wear”

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https://archive.ph/20260519161741/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/science/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry.html#selection-4809.4-4809.93

Human teeth kind of suck*. The history of humanity could be reframed as war against dental pain.

*They haven’t had much time to evolve to match agriculture.