Pulling teeth from history

 

DNA from ancient teeth can help to yield information about our ancestors' health, diet and diseases

Philip Hunter

 

DOI 10.15252/embr.201439353 |Published online 22.08.2014

EMBO reports(2014)15,923-925

… teeth have proven to be an excellent source of high‐quality ancient DNA, yielding insights into the evolution of the human diet, disease and immunity since the onset of agriculture…