Prehistoric Moroccan Teeth Discovered, Fossils Prove Stone Age Hunters Had 'Rotten' Oral Health

A new study of Stone Age human teeth proves that even our ancestors defied dentists' orders. Archaeologists studying 13,700-year-old teeth recovered from Morocco's Grotte des Pigeons found some of the earliest evidence for common tooth decay, suggesting that dental caries were widespread much earlier than scientists previously thought.