Discovered 560,000-year-old milk teeth of ancient people
Extremely rare milk fossil can reveal many things about the life of the ancient dark people in caves in southern France.
A group of archaeologists from France and Spain on July 23 found a milk tooth dating back about 560,000 years, believed to belong to the same ancestor of the wise, AFP reported. . Fossils are found inside the cave of Arago in the Pyrenees, in the commune of Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France.
560,000-year-old baby teeth were discovered in Tautavel.(Photo: EPA).
According to Tony Chevalier, an anthropologist at Perpignan University, this milk tooth is most likely a child of about 5 to 6 years of Homo heidelbergensis or Heidelberg , an extinct subspecies in the genus He may be ancestors of the same branch of the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) and the wise (Homo sapiens).
The finding of the milk teeth fossil remains from the Heidelberg period is extremely rare. This is the first one found in prehistoric caves in Tautavel, where archaeologists have unearthed about 150 fossils of ancient times.
For years, researchers have been searching for answers to the question of how our ancestors lived in the caves of Tautavel. They have not identified it as a temporary shelter or permanent residence of ancient dark families during this period. Fossil teeth can provide important clues to help scientists solve the long-standing mystery.
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