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I've read that medieval populations had significant tooth wear due to stone mills depositing stone residue into flour. Im not sure how this stacks against the

• inglor_cz 2y ago
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3094918/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3094918/ One of the many articles studying dental health of pre-modern populations. Yeah, it wasn't great. Human teeth aren't really suitable for a long-lived species that eats a lot of carbs.
• archermarks 2y ago
  Even as far back as ancient Egypt [1]. And they had dentistry too [2]! Any time in history where they milled grains into flour with stone, you can see this pattern. In fact, it can be used to differentiate certain agricultural vs non-agricultural populations in the archaeological record [3]. [1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19396207/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19396207/ [2]https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24487 https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.2... [3]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16353225/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16353225/