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Analyzing tooth tartar to learn about ancient drug use
Tuesday January 12, 2021. 05:28 PM , from BoingBoing
Tooth tartar may give clues about the use of drugs by ancient people. Looking at tartar, which can survive on fossils for more than 1 million years, is already a common archaeological method to study past diets. Now, Aarhus University forensic dentist Dorthe Bindslev and colleagues are using a similar technique to analyze tooth tarter for evidence of drugs. — Read the rest
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