Oldest dental surgery: A Siberian Neanderthal molar shows intentional drilling to treat infection, pushing back dental care evidence by over 40,000 years. Proving the procedure: Experiments with ...

Cavemen conducted dental surgery tens of thousands of years before anesthetics, reveals new research. Neanderthal dentists ...

Neanderthals may not only have feasted on rhinoceroses, they may also have used their exceptionally hard teeth as specialized ...

A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...