Strange 'Labret' Piercings Found in Ice Age Skeletons, Reveal Unique Dental Features 30,000 Years Ago New research has shed ...

The piercings many have been associated with community participation and major life events. Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s ...

Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.

A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

Researchers have long wondered about the mysterious flat patches they found on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans. These dental ...

Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...

The term labret comes from the Latin word for "lip" and refers to a type of piercing that is inserted into a person's lower lip or cheek area. The use of labrets is well known in both modern and ...

30,000 years ago, European children were already wearing cheek piercings. This discovery, resulting from the analysis of ancient teeth, sheds light on the social practices of Ice Age populations. The ...

A new research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, with teenagers and children as young as 10 years old sporting labrets during the Ice Age. 30,000 years ago ...

Now, after investigating the teeth more closely, one archaeologist has come up with a possible explanation: cheek piercings. John Willman, a biological anthropologist at Portugal’s University of ...

But one researcher thinks he's solved the mystery: Ice age people as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings. These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to ...