Researchers have long wondered about the mysterious flat patches they found on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans. These dental ...

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

Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...

A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

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

Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.

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

A new study posits a theory that this damage came not from eating or carrying an object in the mouth, but from cheek piercings The study posits that these piercings—which could have been placed ...

30,000 years ago, European children were already wearing cheek piercings. This discovery, resulting from the analysis of ancient teeth, sheds light on the social practices of Ice Age populations. The ...

Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study proposes that these piercings, or labrets ...

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