Dentist to the Dead.

• Autores: Megan Gannon
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 313, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 22-22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on dental plaque in archaeology. It states dental plaque can entomb particles of pollen, plants, meat, fibers, and more and reports fossilized dental plaque (FDP) carries up to 1,000 times more nucleic acids per milligram than other known sources. It mentions the use of FDP to detect beta-lactoglobulin to investigate the evolution of tolerance for dairy products. It comments on the use of dental plaque in studying the oral microbiomes of skeletons over the past 1,000 years.