Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

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

The discovery edges back the foundation of dentistry by at least 40,000 years ...

Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical ...

Learn how researchers recreated a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dental procedure and uncovered evidence that ancient humans may ...

Archaeologists have found a hole in a 59,000-year-old tooth, which they say was drilled to treat a painful cavity. The find ...

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