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 ...

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 ...

Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study proposes that these piercings, or labrets ...

A new study posits a theory that this damage came not from eating or carrying an object in the mouth, but from cheek piercings The study posits that these piercings—which could have been placed ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may ...

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, a researcher in Portugal has put forth an interesting explanation: cheek piercings. John C. Willman of the Laboratory of Prehistory (CIAS) at the University of Coimbra has suggested that ...

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 ...

You can get a piercing on the inside of your mouth (intraoral) or the type that you can see outside of your mouth (perioral). Some types of oral piercings are: It's a way to express your style ...

She’s also been open about her older piercings, which include a multiple tongue piercings, an upper lip piercing, cheek piercing, and abdomen piercing.

As one expert said, multiple piercings and jewelry styles are “a way to switch up your aesthetic.” By Libby Banks In the mid-1990s, getting my ears pierced felt like a sizable check on my to ...