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Prehistoric people used a culinary method similar to modern slow cooking to extract animal teeth for jewellery, archaeologists have found. Researchers from the University of York and University of ...

Research shows teeth used in prehistoric jewellery were extracted after a carcass was slow-cooked.

Research shows teeth used in prehistoric jewellery were extracted after a carcass was slow-cooked.