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59,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Molar Shows Evidence of Stone Drill Dental Treatment
A molar discovered in Chagyrskaya Cave, Siberia, bears marks of intentional drilling to treat severe caries, according to a study published in PLOS One. The find pushes back the earliest known dental intervention by more than 40,000 years and is the first such evidence outside Ho…