Ancient Tartar, Other Dental Clues Reveal Unexpected Diet of Early Human Relative
June 27th, 2012 |
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Last fall, on a reporting trip to Johannesburg for a story on the discovery of fossils representing a previously unknown member of human family called Australopithecus sediba, the researchers I met with were buzzing with excitement about, of all things, tartar. That’s right, the crusty deposits that the dentist scrapes off your teeth when you [...]
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