Dental calculus, the hard deposit the dentist scrapes off your teeth, is the only part of your body that fossilizes during your lifetime. Subscribe to Illumina: bit.ly/IlluminaYouTube
Dental calculus captures the microbes and food particles in your mouth and provides a record of diet and dental health. Ancient calculus is a time capsule that reveals how human health and diet have changed over time.
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