Prehistoric teeth fossils dating back 9.7 million years 'could rewrite human history'

[n2doc]

Paleontologists in Germany have discovered 9.7 million-year-old fossilised teeth that a German politician has hailed as potentially “rewriting" human history.

The dental remains were found by scientists sifting through gravel and sand in a former bed of the Rhine river near the town of Eppelsheim.

They resemble those belonging to “Lucy”, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton of an extinct primate related to humans and found in Ethiopia.

However, they do not resemble those of any other species found in Europe or Asia.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/teeth-fossil-human-history-evolution-development-germany-rhine-mainz-archaeology-a8010506.html

[bitterross]

1. Very interesting. But this will need some confirmation.

Only one published paper so far. The abstract says there were two teeth.

I'm going to hold off on re-writing history for now.

[cstanleytech]

2. Aye, its to bad they did not find a partial jaw to match the teeth though as

that might have helped.