The first Neanderthal tooth found North of the Carpathian Mountains

Urbanowski, Mikołaj; Socha, Paweł; Dąbrowski, Paweł; Nowaczewska, Wioletta; Sadakierska‐Chudy, Anna; Dobosz, Tadeusz; Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Nadachowski, Adam

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“…present the earliest evidence of these grooves [4], [18]. This feature is broadly documented in other hominins such as Homo heidelbergensis from the Sima de los Huesos site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) and in Neanderthals [1], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24] (Table 1). In our own species, Homo sapiens , interproximal grooves have been documented from Upper Palaeolithic individuals to present day aboriginal populations [20], [25], [26], [27], [28] (Table 1).…”

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Toothpicking and Periodontal Disease in a Neanderthal Specimen from Cova Foradà Site (Valencia, Spain)

Ruiz

Subirà

Aparicio³

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We present a Neanderthal maxilla (CF-1) from Cova Foradà site (Oliva, Valencia, Spain) with periodontal disease and evidence of attempts to alleviate pain with the use of a toothpick. Two interproximal grooves have been found on the distal surfaces of the upper left Pm3 and M1 of CF-1 maxilla. The location, morphology and size of the grooves coincide with other interproximal grooves found on the teeth of other fossil specimens. Heavy dental wear and periodontal disease would have caused the Cova Foradà Neanderthal specimen pain and discomfort, which the individual attempted to mitigate using some kind of dental probe.

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“…“n.d” mean no data available for this measure. Data obtained from [1], [4], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [30], [31], [32], [33].…”

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Toothpicking and Periodontal Disease in a Neanderthal Specimen from Cova Foradà Site (Valencia, Spain)

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Subirà

Aparicio³

et al. 2013

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“…Among prehistoric human populations, a well‐known case proposed as evidence for oral hygiene activities are the interproximal grooves on hominin teeth (Brothwell, ) for which tooth picking has long been suggested as a cause (Ubelaker, Phenice, & Bass, ). Interproximal grooving has been found on samples of all hominin species since Homo habilis (Puech & Gianfarani, ) and the grooves are widespread among Neanderthal populations (Dąbrowski et al, ; Estalrrich et al, ; Formicola, ; Frayer & Russell, ; Lozano, de Castro, Carbonell, & Arsuaga, ; Urbanowski et al, ; Villa & Giacobini,). Many materials have been suggested as tooth picks including wood, and grass (Brown & Molnar, ; Eckhardt & Piermarini, ; Hlusko, ).…”

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Beyond food: The multiple pathways for inclusion of materials into ancient dental calculus

Radini

Nikita

Buckley

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American J Phys Anthropol

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Dental calculus (mineralized dental plaque) was first recognised as a potentially useful archaeological deposit in the 1970s, though interest in human dental calculus as a resource material has increased sharply in the past few years. The majority of recent research has focused on the retrieval of plant microfossils embedded in its matrix and interpretation of these finds as largely the result of deliberate consumption of plant-derived food. However, while most of the material described in published works does represent food, dental calculus is in fact a "depositional environment" as material can enter the mouth from a range of sources. In this respect, it therefore represents an archaeological deposit that can also contain extensive non-dietary debris. This can comprise a wide variety of cultural and environmental material which reaches the mouth and can become embedded in dental calculus through alternative pathways. Here, we explore the human behaviors and activities besides eating that can generate a flux of particles into the human mouth, the broad range of additional cultural and environmental information that can be obtained through the analysis and contextualisation of this material, and the implications of the additional pathways by which material can become embedded in dental calculus.

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“…Dat ing of bones and sed i ments was made in the frame work of ar chae o log i cal in ves ti ga tions by M. Urbanowski from Szczecin Uni ver sity (Urbanowski et al, 2010). The first bone dat ing was made at the Lab o ra tory in Poznañ us ing the C 14 AMS method (Ta ble 3).…”

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Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of Stajnia Cave (southern Poland) with regard to habitation of the site by Neanderthals

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Winter

Nadachowski

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arski, M., Win ter, H., Nadachowski, A., Urbanowski, M., Socha, P., Kenig, K., Marcinkowski, B., Krzemiñska, E., Stefaniak, K., Nowaczewska, W., Marciszak, A., 2017. Stra tig ra phy and palaeoenvironment of Stajna Cave (south ern Po land) with regard to hab i ta tion of the site by Neanderthals. Geo log i cal Quar terly, 61 (2): 350-369, doi: 10.7306/gq.1355The Stajnia Cave is one of the most im por tant ar chae o log i cal sites due to the finds of the first re mains of Neanderthals in Poland, and sev eral tens of thou sands of flint artefacts from the Mid dle Palaeo lithic. Based on geo log i cal, geo chem i cal, palaeobotanical, palaeozoological, ar chae o log i cal and iso tope anal y ses, cou pled with ab so lute age de ter mi na tions (OSL, U-Th and C 14 ), 15 lithostratigraphic lay ers were dis tin guished and palaeoenvironmental con di tions dur ing the sed i men ta tion of these beds were de ter mined. The cave loams ac cu mu lated through weath er ing, ae olian and flu vial pro cesses. Their age may be cor re lated with an in ter val from the Early Gla cial to the Late Pleniglacial of the Visulian (Weichselian) Gla ci ation. Archae o log i cal rel ics re lated to the Neanderthals have been dis cov ered in layer D with an ab so lute age of about 52,000-45,000 years BP and cor re lated with MIS 3 -the Mid dle Plenivistulian (Interplenivistulian). Cli mate os cil la tions in the Vistulian are re flected by the type of the sed i ments and their phys i cal-chem i cal fea tures, al low ing de ter min ing warmer interstadial and colder stadial pe ri ods. Gen er ally, the cli mate was cold, char ac ter is tic of tun dra ar eas with a typ i cal veg e tation and fauna, and with the mean tem per a ture of the warm est month not ex ceed ing 12°C. Based on multi-proxy stud ies it can be con cluded that from layer E1 up wards, the cli mate con di tions be came pro gres sively drier. At that time, the cli mate was cold with con ti nen tal fea tures en hanc ing tun dra dom i na tion. This con clu sion is con firmed by palaeontological in ves ti gations and the re cord of sta ble ox y gen iso topes in the teeth of rein deer. The stud ies have also in di cated sea sonal mi gra tion of rein deer on the tun dra that sur rounded the cave. Prob a bly, short-term slight cli mate warm ings oc curred dur ing the Mid dle Plenivistulian (Interplenivistulian).

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The first Neanderthal tooth found North of the Carpathian Mountains

Cited by 27 publications

References 13 publications

Toothpicking and Periodontal Disease in a Neanderthal Specimen from Cova Foradà Site (Valencia, Spain)

Toothpicking and Periodontal Disease in a Neanderthal Specimen from Cova Foradà Site (Valencia, Spain)

Beyond food: The multiple pathways for inclusion of materials into ancient dental calculus

Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of Stajnia Cave (southern Poland) with regard to habitation of the site by Neanderthals

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