Shocking! Research reveals Ice Age kids rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study proposes that these piercings, or labrets, marked group identity and caused tooth wear over time. Labrets, despite their cultural significance, have left no physical trace due to decomposition of materials over millennia.
Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study proposes that these piercings, or labrets, marked group identity and caused tooth wear over time. Labrets, despite their cultural significance, have left no physical trace due to decomposition of materials over millennia.
