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Starchy food led to rotten teeth in ancient hunter-gatherers:

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-01-07-starchy-food-led-rotten...

But I think the more common prehistoric tooth problem was severe wear from using the teeth to process things like fibers and hides.



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