Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a study published May 13, 2026, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Alisa Zubova of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera), St. Petersburg, and colleagues.
So neanderthals had a more accessible healthcare system than we do gotcha
Friends and sharp rocks stay free, it’s just the nerd shit like medical training and anesthesia you’ve gotta pay for