A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

For decades, archaeologists have studied the remains of Pavlovian peoples, who lived in Central Europe between 29,000 and ...

Cardi B is no stranger to body art. Across Instagram, she often displays her tattoos, one continuous piece spans her back, ...

New scientific research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, as chipped teeth and bones ...

A new study posits a theory that this damage came not from eating or carrying an object in the mouth, but from cheek piercings The study posits that these piercings—which could have been placed ...

Now, a researcher in Portugal has put forth an interesting explanation: cheek piercings. John C. Willman of the Laboratory of Prehistory (CIAS) at the University of Coimbra has suggested that ...

Labrets are a certain kind of facial piercing—holes are made in the cheek, close to the mouth and then something is inserted. In modern times, such objects tend to be made of stainless steel.

The term labret comes from the Latin word for "lip" and refers to a type of piercing that is inserted into a person's lower lip or cheek area. The use of labrets is well known in both modern and ...

But one researcher thinks he's solved the mystery: Ice age people as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings. These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to ...