[purple_basilisk]

Check out the perfect set of teeth on the skull of the soldier shown in the article. Amazing how human dental health has changed since then.

[dang]

the photo is here: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/dna-reveals-real-killers-b...

(parent comment was posted before we merged the threads)

[kace91]

We’re talking about a foot soldier on Napoleon’s army, easy to keep a good set considering he could be 18-25.

[hermitcrab]

And probably with limited access to sugar.

[manoDev]

1. The soldier probably died young

2. Good dental health has always been part of the screening to join a professional army

[tgv]

They were looking to analyze teeth. This might be selection bias.

[zingababba]

Weston A. Price thought it was from K2 -> https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/vitamin-k2-mk-4-d...

[bluedino]

Due to "softer" diets and all the sugar, right?

[travisjungroth]

Harder diets were more common in ancient humans, and straighten teeth in childhood. I don’t know what the diet was like in 1800.