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Today we hear of an exciting technique which analyses dental tartar:

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-dental-calculus-clues-ancient-human.html

Tags:

• Archaeology
• excavation
• history
• teeth
• tartar
• plaque
• dental
• dentist
• brush
• toothpaste
• dna
• bacteria
• plant
• material
• diet
• health
• internal
• new
• spectrum
• neanderthals
• homo neanderthalensis
• neanderthal
• clean
• concretion
• ancient
• switzerland

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