Researchers headed by teams at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and at Harvard University, have ...

As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are one of the best analogues for some of our own ancient behaviours. However, our understanding of fundamental behaviours such as diet is limited by ...

July 18 (UPI) --Archaeologists have developed a new technique for analyzing tooth tartar. The latest research into ancient tooth tartar suggests the mineralized residue can offer insights into the ...

Most dentists recommend a proper teeth cleaning every six months to prevent, among other things, the implacable buildup of calculus or tartar -- hardened dental plaque. Routine calculus buildup can ...

We have pretty good dental hygiene today—regular brushing, flossing, dental visits. But thousands of years ago? Not so much. Which means the old-timers' teeth had a lot of plaque. And today that ...

Lucy Stock says the centuries-old remains of Agnès Sorel helped reveal a deadly dose of mercury - thanks to hardened tartar on her teeth. Today, that same dental build-up is giving scientists remarkab ...

Remnants of a rare pigment found in dental tartar of a woman buried around 1,000 years ago at a medieval monastery indicate that she may have been an elite scribe or book painter. These pigment flecks ...