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News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-museum-shelf-mystery-reveals-year.html
Published on: Saturday 22 August 2026
More than 6,500 years ago, someone carefully drilled a hole in a human tooth, strung it on a cord and likely used it as a necklace. Found during field surveys at the Vinča cultural site of Jablanica ...
News Serbia » Jablanica » History: 6,500 years ago, someone drilled a human tooth and wore it as a pendant; archaeologists found it sitting in a Serbian museum collection
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/society-culture-and-history/history/6-500-years-ago-someone-drilled-a-human-tooth-and-wore-it-as-a-pendant-archaeologists-found-it-sitting-in-a-serbian-museum-collection/ar-AA2aWVpC
Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026
It sat on a museum shelf for nearly twenty years, unseen, mistaken for something far more common. But now a closer look at a tiny, worn tooth is giving a remarkable glimpse into how Neolithic people ...