Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago

Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Neanderthals Got Cavities, Too—and New Research Suggests They Drilled Into Their Teeth to Treat Them, Just Like Modern Dentists

Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...
New Scientist

Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth

A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry ...

59,000-year-old tooth offers a rare glimpse into how Neanderthals handled a medical problem

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.
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Neanderthals drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago — and the patient survived

Roughly 59,000 years ago, deep inside a limestone cave in what is now the Altai Mountains of Siberia, a Neanderthal sat with ...