We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the damage.

Un estudio reveló que los neandertales realizaban tratamientos dentales con herramientas de piedra hace 59.000 años. El hallazgo cambia la visión sobre sus capacidades cognitivas.

We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the damage.

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen.