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January 31, 2006
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Teeth recovered in a Campeche graveyard show evidence of the African practice of filing.
Upper incisor teeth recovered from the grave in Campeche, Mexico, show evidence of filing, a distinctive practice of some 16th-century Africans.
Credit: Courtesy T. Douglas Price
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