Shark Teeth as Ancient Blades: 7,000-Year-Old Weapons in Indonesia [Paper]
via Antiquity, 24 October 2023: Archaeologists have discovered 7,000-year-old shark tooth blades on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, attributed to ...
Tag: tooth/teeth
Bony protusions found in the jaws of most vertebrate animals, often used for chewing and biting.
First-Ever Pleistocene Giant Ape Teeth Unearthed in Vietnam
via Vietnam Express, 25 August 2023: Researchers have discovered the dental remains of the extinct giant ape species, Gigantopithecus blacki, ...
[Paper] Living in the dry zone: Stable isotope insights into palaeodiet in ancient Myanmar
via Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, April 2023: Analysis of tooth enamel from late Neotlithic sites in Myanmar give insights ...
[Paper] Preservation of Mammalian Teeth and Bones Influences Identification of Terminal Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence at Ban Rai Rockshelter, Northwest Thailand
via Quaternary, 06 December 2022: A new paper by Wattanapituksakul et al. on the faunal remains of Ban Rai in ...
Molar of ancient human Denisovan species discovered in northern Laos
via the World Socialist Web Site, 29 May 2022: Another article on the recent discovery of a Denisovan tooth in ...
[Paper] A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos
via Nature Communications, 17 May 2022: A discovery of an ancient tooth in Laos, with suggestions that it belonged to ...
[Paper] Exploitation and utilization of tropical rainforests indicated in dental calculus of ancient Oceanic Lapita culture colonists
via Nature Human Behaviour, 20 January 2020: New paper in Nature Human Behavior indicates that people were transporting and growing ...
Pig remains found in Papua
via Tempo, 19 December 2019: Pig teeth found in archaeological sites in Papua area highlight the importance of pigs as ...
Studies of fossil teeth reveal another Pleistocene ape species from Southeast Asia
via Phys.org, 09 April 2019: Another ancient hominid species was discovered in Indonesia earlier this month, described in another paper ...
The world is introduced to Homo luzonensis – a news roundup
Big archaeology news from last week that has made news around the world as the announcement of a new identified ...
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