Banana stuck between the teeth of ancient Lapita people who colonised Oceania 3,300 years ago ...
(World News Science)

Evidence of banana seeds, leaves and stems in the tartar build up on the teeth of the initial colonists of remote Oceania, suggests they were both plant cultivators and foragers, according to a new study. The islands of Remote Oceania were some of the last places on Earth to be colonised when the Lapita people reached the distant archipelago of Vanuatu 3,300 years ago. Their mission to live on the unexplored corner of the world was made possible by eating local palm trees and cultivating bananas brought with them. This combination allowed the colonials to adapt to and modify their environment, despite fighting a battle against vitamin deficiencies and scurvy. Tartar on the teeth of the...