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

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marking lived experience,” he pointed out in the study. If you thought cheek piercings were a modern trend—think again!

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

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 group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as six-years-old. Although the author of a recent study published in the ...