“13 thousand years ago, ancient people knew about dentistry no less than us” - this is the conclusion scientists came to after analyzing new archaeological finds. During excavations in Italy, sealed human teeth were discovered. The filled fillings, even after thousands of years, speak of the quality of the dentist's work. Primitive caries was cleaned out and drilled out according to all the rules. Where did the people of the Upper Paleolithic get their knowledge of dentistry? Who taught the ancient man to be a dentist?
Filled teeth found in Italy.
This find literally left archaeologists speechless. According to carbon analysis, these teeth are tens of thousands of years old and belonged to a Neanderthal man, but they look like they were worked on by a modern dentist.
French paleoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin personally examined the remains found in Italy:
So, did our ancestors really learn to treat teeth before they mastered writing and invented the wheel?
Scientists have suggested that ancient dentists used a miniature silicon instrument to treat teeth (this is a cross between a needle and a modern drill). The only question to which there is no answer: how did they manage to drill such perfect holes (after all, the ancient drill did not have an electric drive)?
Surprisingly, ancient dentists knew how to disinfect and knew how to quickly anesthetize a problem tooth. This is evidenced by the results of bacterial analysis of the teeth of several Neanderthals at once. In the mouths of some of them, scientists found traces of poplar, it was from it that, after thousands of years in the 19th century, the well-known aspirin began to be made. How could the Neanderthals have thought of this?
In addition to the sealed teeth, scientists have discovered several skulls with strange holes in the parietal region during excavations. The examination showed that they were also made on purpose. Who, and most importantly why, did the craniotomy in the Stone Age?
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Some researchers believe that the ancestors "perforated" the skull for ritual purposes, but most scientists are sure that the ancient people performed trepanation solely for medical reasons. A small hole in their skull helped them lower blood pressure and improve blood flow to the brain.
The main question that torments scientists today: who taught our ancestors these surgical wisdom? Ufologists are of the opinion that ancient people received advanced knowledge from more advanced civilizations (perhaps even of alien origin), but official science is not yet ready to seriously consider such hypotheses.