The oldest false tooth yet seen in Western Europe may have been pulled from the earth during a 2009 archaeological excavation in northern France, reports BBC News. The poorly preserved skeleton of a 20- to 30-year-old Iron Age woman, unearthed in Le Chene, suggests that an iron pin filled a place normally held by one of her upper incisors. Although its not possible to confirm, the pin may have held in place a false wood or bone tooth that rotted away. The womans remains were part of a third-century B.C., Celtic burial enclosure ow.ly/xpQyt
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 19:11:00 +0000
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