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Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

www.livescience.com Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of cheek piercings.

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

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When my brother worked in Africa and a colleague proudly showed off his tribe's ritual scars my brother asked whether he would give his children scars as well. "No way! No! Do you know how much that shit hurt?!?"

So according to this theory, they wore the piercings like this:
Funnily enough this illustration from the article also looks like a derpy smileyface
- The one on the left looks like an upside down duck

Next time a parent complains about that stupid new trend

very cheeky