Chemical analyses of teeth, possibly including fossilized
ones, can provide clues about the age at which a child was weaned, a milestone
in life that may reveal information about how the human species and its
predecessors evolved.
Unlike living bone, which contains a substantial amount of
protein such as collagen, tooth enamel is about 98 percent mineral.
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