Why Ancient Humans Never Got Cavities | Until We Did

Why Ancient Humans Never Got Cavities | Until We Did

For most of human history, cavities were rare. Then something changed almost everything happening inside your mouth, and it had nothing to do with brushing.

In this video, you'll trace the surprising story of how human teeth held up for tens of thousands of years on a diet of tough roots, nuts, and wild greens, why one ancient population in Morocco actually had the opposite problem, and how the rise of farming and later refined sugar quietly rewrote what happens inside your mouth every single day. Along the way you'll see what bioarchaeologists have found buried in skeletons and hidden inside ancient dental plaque, and why your modern cavity says more about your food system than your biology.

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