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Neanderthal toothaches with Al Sears

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His fossilized jawbone shows that this young male ate an antibiotic fungus called Penicillium -the source of today's penicillin drugs. He also chewed on bits of poplar tree containing salicylic acid. That's the active ingredient of modern-day aspirin.


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