The Paleolithic Dentist: Neanderthals, Drilling, and the Stoicism of Survival (opens in new tab)

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If you’ve ever had a toothache—the kind that thrums like a bass drum in your jaw and makes you want to trade your soul for a bottle of Ibuprofen—you know that dental pain is one of the few truly universal human experiences.

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