EPISODE · Jun 29, 2026 · 19 MIN
SCI103: The First Dentist Was a Neanderthal
from StarQuest Podcasts · host Let's Science!
Sixty thousand years before modern dentistry, a Neanderthal endured a 35-minute stone-tool drilling procedure — no anesthesia — and survived. Caroline Knight explains what a 59,000-year-old infected molar reveals about prehistoric medicine.
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SCI103: The First Dentist Was a Neanderthal
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