Dental hygiene probably wasn't t...  ...But in this case, that's a good thing because the tartar found on their teeth told researchers q...  ...ork, UK, and colleagues, used a scalpel to scrape tartar off the teeth of five Neanderthals. T...  ...eanderthals. They chemically analysed some of...

A fossil species of the human family called Austra...  ...ion-year-old individuals unearthed in Africa have tartar on their teeth, which is rare among primate fossi...  ...more startling, when the researchers examined the tartar , they found traces of plant foods no one thought...  ...ne thought our ancient kin...