Using advanced sequencing technologies, anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole ...

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 ...

Dental calculus is the only part of your body that actually fossilizes while you're alive! The hardened residue scraped off your teeth at the dentist is called your dental calculus, and your dental ...