Going to the dentist may not be any fun today, but 13,000 years ago it would have been outright traumatic.
13,000-Year-Old Fillings Prove Ancient Dentistry Was Brutal
A pair of 13,000-year-old incisors with excavated pits indicating dental work. (Credit: American Journal of Physical Anthropology)
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