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Your teeth carry secrets: centuries of history about your ancestors, from where they lived to what they ate and where they traveled. Bioarchaeologist Carolyn Freiwald traces the story of human migration across the Americas — from Mayan royalty and Belizean buccaneers to rural Appalachian farmers — to illustrate what ancient teeth can reveal about you.
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Brush your teeth!
Hi! We are early! <3
Teeth’n’bones
Hi, I love skeletons.
Donner, partial party of 8?, Your table is ready….
I’m a dental student and never knew any of this!!
It doesn’t matter sweetie . We cannot know everything . As long as we live , we’re learning new things .
@Raj k Yeah sure !
Such an interesting topic! Thank you for sharing those incredible researches and make me want to learn more about migration and archeology.
Learning is a Gift even when Pain is your Teacher
Pain is the best teacher
Archeo/Anthropo-Genetics is proving we know so little about history …
We seek our way home and our curiosity makes us move somewhere else
My mum watching this video : BRUSH UT TEETH !
Nudge your teeth n tell them “You, keep my secrets or I brush!”.
Dear teeth, please don’t tell the FBI where I am.
Would love to See John Mew here. Check his works about dentistry “Orthotropics” together with his son.
the history is the fortune you have paid the rip off dentists over a lifetime
I love my Indigenous bones. Thanks for this perspective