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 ...

After the friend gave the baby a kiss on the cheek, the mother said in the U.K. online forum Mumsnet that she was taken aback by the action, wondering why someone would kiss another person’s baby.

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 ...

Additionally, he found that adults had a higher degree of cheek-region enamel wear across more teeth than kids did, which may relate to the insertion of larger labrets over time.

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 ...