The piercings many have been associated with community participation and major life events. Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s ...

Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets ...

Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study propo ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...

A new research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, with teenagers and children as young ...

New scientific research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, as chipped teeth and bones ...

Early Cheek Piercings Found in Paleolithic Skeletons, Unique Dental Features Hints at Facial Adornments Biological ...

Cardi B is no stranger to doing something out of the ordinary; this week, she’s showing off her latest body modification.

Many Asian artifacts display stretched earlobes (Davis, 2001). Ivory and wood labrets, made for stretched lip piercings, are common in Alaskan and African cultures (University of Pennsylvania ...

At the time, the rapper got three dermal piercings in her chest and one labret piercing below her lip, screaming and laughing through the pain the whole way through. In 2023, a Los Angeles-based ...

Willman went on to explain that the enamel wear reminded him of similar results caused by some facial piercings, particularly labrets. He also noticed “interesting evidence” pointing to teeth ...