Monday, 2. July 2007
Topic: History - on July 2, 2007 at 5:32:00 PM CEST
'First west Europe tooth' found
Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than one million years old.
The tooth, a pre-molar, was discovered on Wednesday at the Atapuerca site in northern Spain's Burgos Province.
It represented western Europe's "oldest human fossil remain", a statement from the Atapuerca Foundation said.
The foundation said it was awaiting final results before publishing its findings in a scientific journal.
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