For decades, archaeologists have studied the remains of Pavlovian peoples, who lived in Central Europe between 29,000 and 25,000 years ago. These Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, named after the Pavlov ...

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, marked group ...

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 ...