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Neanderthal tooth from Siberian cave shows signs of earliest-known invasive dental surgery – study

by | May 20, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Views from five different angles of a molar of an adult Neanderthal individual, discovered at Chagyrskaya Cave in the Siberia region of Russia and dating to about 59,000 years ago, seen in this undated image released on May 13, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Zubova et al., 2026, PLOS One)
The molar showed that the Neanderthal who underwent the dental procedure was an adult, though the researchers do not know the individual’s gender.