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Several decades ago, samples of ancient chewing gum with visible 10,000-year-old tooth marks were found in Sweden. A recent study has shed new light on the diet and oral health of teenagers from the Stone

A chewing gum can tell us a lot about things like what our ancestors consumed, and how much they took care of their teeth.

A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that one of the individuals had severe problems with her teeth.

Resin samples excavated from Gothenburg, Sweden had teeth imprints, suggesting teenagers chewed them

From preserved DNA, researchers identified which plants and animals the young people would have eaten or used for making clothing—and they found one case of a severe gum infection

Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia.

Paleontologists were able to determine that the teenagers' diet included deer, trout, hazelnuts, apple, duck and fox.

The discovery of wads of a tar-like black resin chewed by ancient people in Sweden could indicate its use for medicinal purposes — or simply their love of gum.

Paleontologists were able to determine that the teenagers' diet included deer, trout, hazelnuts, apple, duck and fox.

Stone Age teenagers in Sweden had a diet that included hazelnuts, duck, deer, fox, and trout, according to DNA extracted from ancient chewing gum.