What did pre-historic humans clean their teeth with?

they didn't clean their teeth.

What did pre-historic humans clean their teeth with?
I don't think that they did.
Reply:The first teeth-cleaning implements were probably twigs of some sweet-flavored plant, frayed at the ends by pounding or chewing.


But most folks didn't bother. With a life expectancy in the mid-30s, there's a lot of redundancy built into the old dentition; you can lose a whole lot of teeth and still be able to handle cooked foods and most vegetables. And if you couldn't? Well, you died and solved the problem.
Reply:It's unlikely that they did. However, it's unlikely that they had such high sugar diets back then.
Reply:Their finger nails.
Reply:They didn't. Thus the lifespan was very short. When I see that Mel Gibson movie about the middle ages it irritates me that everybody has such fine white teeth. No. Even at that stage, folks only lived to about 40. If your teeth fall out you can't eat, you see.



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