El Sidron upper jaw: a dental calculus deposit is visible on the rear molar (right) of this Neandertal. This individual was eating poplar, a source of aspirin, and had also consumed moulded vegetation including Penicillium fungus, source of a natural antibiotic. Credit: Paleoanthropology Group MNCN-CSIC
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El Sidron upper jaw: a dental calculus deposit is visible on the rear molar (right) of this Neandertal. This individual was eating poplar, a source of aspirin, and had also consumed moulded vegetation including Penicillium fungus, source of a natural antibiotic. Credit: Paleoanthropology Group MNCN-CSIC
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-03-dental-plaque-dna-neandertals-aspirin.html#jCp