🔬 Science & Technology🎂 8-14 years📅 May 19, 2026

Neanderthals Also Needed a Dentist!

59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal tried to drill into a tooth using a stone tool, possibly one of the oldest examples of dental treatment. Scientists think this discovery is important to understanding how Neanderthals lived and were treated.

Neanderthals Also Needed a Dentist!
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Neanderthals were the extinct relatives of modern humans. They might have had toothaches and gotten dental treatment just like us. In a dig in Siberia, Russia, scientists found a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth with a hole drilled into it using a stone tool.

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