Early Neanderthal Children get Lead Poisoning

These two ancient children were found in the same archaeological. Their teeth showed signs of lead poisoning. They probably got the poisoning from drinking contaminated water. The teeth also showed signs of nursing.

Its crazy to think that our technology is this advanced to the point that we can see what neanderthals diet was and to see traces of lead poisoning.

 lead poisoning

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  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2018 at 5:57 AM

    i wonder how they got lead contaminated water........ seems interesting

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  2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2018 at 9:57 AM

    This is really weird that we can see the effects of contaminated water and nursing? from really long periods of time ago.

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