Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is a source of multiple types of data on life history. Recent research has targeted the plant microremains preserved in this mineralised deposit as a source ...

Researchers have characterized the oral microbiomes of the Japanese population across time by analyzing the DNA preserved in ...

Dental calculus is a valuable resource for the reconstruction of dietary habits and oral microbiome of past populations. In 2020 the remains of Duke Alessandro Farnese and his wife Maria D’Aviz were ...

Learn more about a new technology that is turning ancient teeth into one of archaeology’s most powerful tools. For decades, archaeologists have relied on chemical signatures locked inside ancient ...

“Our findings demonstrate that even the smallest traces of millet leave molecular fingerprints in dental calculus,” said Dr Shinya Shoda, co-lead author from the Nara National Research Institute for ...