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Did These Ice Age Europeans Wear Cheek Piercings?
Researchers have long wondered about the mysterious flat patches they found on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans. These dental ...
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Early Cheek Piercings Found in Paleolithic Skeletons, Unique Dental Features Hints at Facial Adornments
Early Cheek Piercings Found in Paleolithic Skeletons, Unique Dental Features Hints at Facial Adornments Biological ...
These Paleolithic Skulls Had Odd Tooth Damage. One Anthropologist Says It was Caused By Cheek Piercings.
The piercings many have been associated with community participation and major life events. Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s ...
Ice Age Kids Sported Cheek Piercings, 29,000-Year-Old Teeth Suggest
Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...
Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as children
A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...
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Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
The term labret comes from the Latin word for "lip" and refers to a type of piercing that is inserted into a person's lower lip or cheek area. The use of labrets is well known in both modern and ...
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30,000 years ago, European Ice Age children pierced their cheeks at age 10
A new research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, with teenagers and children as young as 10 years old sporting labrets during the Ice Age. 30,000 years ago ...
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Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
But one researcher thinks he's solved the mystery: Ice age people as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings. These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to ...