Discover 550,000 year old human teeth in France

A 550,000-year-old human tooth has been found by two young archaeologists in France. The tooth is the oldest trace of human parts excavated in the country.

A 550,000-year-old human tooth has been found by two young archaeologists in France. The tooth is the oldest trace of human parts excavated in the country.

Found 550,000-year-old human teeth

The ancient tooth was found by two archaeologists when excavating at Caune de L'Arago cave , Tautevel, east of the Pyrenees national park.

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Archaeologists believe that this discovery is an important proof that humans soon arrived in Europe. The oldest human mark found in Europe is a piece of jaw bone , excavated in Germany in 1907, dating to 600,000 years old.

Earlier, archaeologists also found human bones in France aged 100,000 years. The place where the tooth is found is a famous archaeological site after the " Tautaviel Man" - the relic of a Homo Erectus race (erect erectus ) dating back to 450,000 years was discovered here. However, the tooth found this time was ' older' than Tautavel Man to 100,000 years old.

The researchers say this is an adult's tooth and the gender is unknown. The bodies of people with a life expectancy of between 500,000 and 800,000 years are becoming rare in Europe, and the tooth found fills a slight gap of 300,000 years.

The tooth was quite rotten, but researchers still hoped to rely on it to learn more about the identities of the first European residents.

Update 17 December 2018
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