Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study proposes that these piercings, or labrets ...

Credit: John C. Willman / University of Coimbra Strange, flat patches on the teeth of ancient Europeans have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. But one researcher thinks he's solved the mystery ...

It was a mystery that similarly intrigued biological anthropologist John Willman of the University of Coimbra in Portugal. “There was a long history of discussion of the strange wear on the canines ...

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But according to John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra’s Laboratory of Prehistory (CIAS) in Portugal, the damage may have come from the aftereffects of a cultura ...

The hypothesis of facial piercings offers a new perspective. John Willman, an anthropologist at the University of Coimbra, suggests that labrets, worn in the cheek or lip, caused this wear. The ...

What could have caused such distinct damage? The theory Willman settled on looked outside of eating, and indeed, beyond the sphere of actions undertaken merely for survival. Instead, Willman’s ...

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