Strange 'Labret' Piercings Found in Ice Age Skeletons, Reveal Unique Dental Features 30,000 Years Ago New research has shed ...

Researchers have long wondered about the mysterious flat patches they found on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans. These dental ...

A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...

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 ...

Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...