Earliest evidence for caries and exploitation of starchy plant foods in Pleistocene hunter-gatherers from Morocco.
Dental caries is an infectious disease that causes tooth decay. The high prevalence of dental caries in recent humans is attributed to more frequent consumption of plant foods rich in fermentable carbohydrates in food-producing societies. The transition from hunting and gathering to food production...
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National Academy of Sciences
2014
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