Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago

As someone who has experienced serious tooth infection and internal pressure out of reach of dentistry, im not too surprised. It took everything I had even with tons of benzocaine to not go medieval on my face with my toolbox.

If I was living in the stone age I probably would of tried to bust the tooth out with a rock and stick if nobody else had any solutions.

This is so awesome. This is just a dumb off the cuff thought but I do wonder how hardwired this is into us as a species. I have a crummy autoimmune disease and I can’t tell you how many times when I’m in bad pain my brain is like “cut it off” or something like that.

Maybe this is proof of time-travel.