In this contribution we dismantle the perceived role of marine resources and plant foods in the subsistence economy of Holocene foragers of the Central Mediterranean using a combination of dental ...

Apart from the mathematical calculations required to run a modern dental practice, dental calculus has a history stretching eons into the past. By its preservation of gastronomic comestibles, dental ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest direct evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia by analyzing 4,000-year-old dental plaque from a burial in Thailand. This breakthrough method reveals ...

Learn more about a new technology that is turning ancient teeth into one of archaeology’s most powerful tools. For decades, archaeologists have relied on chemical signatures locked inside ancient ...

Not sure if this is the proper place to be asking this question, but I thought I might as well try. I've been studying Calculus recently, and in all honesty, I've ...

“Our findings demonstrate that even the smallest traces of millet leave molecular fingerprints in dental calculus,” said Dr Shinya Shoda, co-lead author from the Nara National Research Institute for ...