History Can Be Rewritten Due To The Discovery Of Prehistoric Teeth Dating Back Millions Of Years
In Southwestern Germany, a team of researchers discovered teeth that were millions of years old and presumably belonged to an ancient Euro-Asian primate last September. Yet after the discovery was made public, controversy opened up about the interpretation of our earliest existence.
Archaeologists discovered ancient teeth aging millions of years old, possibly from an ancient Euro-Asian primate, in Southwestern Germany. The discovery indeed aroused great controversy about the understanding of mankind’s earliest existence after it was published.
He had been excavating the site in Eppelsheim from 17 years ago where the Rhine River used to flow, digging up riverbed sediments roughly 10 million years old. The site is famous in terms of scientific features for its primate fossils.
Lutz also revealed that when his team was on the verge of wrapping up the excavation in 2016, they came across the two teeth, a tremendous discovery that none of them expected. Both are completely preserved, looking ‘excellent’ and were ‘shining like amber,’ though no longer white, said Lutz.
The media have been expressing doubts if the discovery can alter the history of mankind or not, as it appears to contradict the previous hypotheses related to humans originating from Africa.
Meanwhile, Lutz also states that the teeth are completely different from what have been discovered in Europe and Asia. “It’s a complete mystery where this individual came from, and why nobody’s ever found a tooth like this somewhere before,” said Lutz in an interview.
However, some scientists claim that the teeth barely “force us to reexamine the theory that humans originated from Africa,” arguing that the remains “might have been more likely to be from a very distant branch on the primate family tree,” while others even doubt the possibility of the teeth belonging to the hominoid classification (apes, chimpanzees, etc.)
“I think this is much ado about nothing,” he says. “The molar, which they say clearly comes from the same individual, is absolutely not a hominin, and I would say also not a hominoid.”
Most of the scientists interviewed believed that the fossils discovered was probably from a species of an extinct, primitive branch of primates inhabiting the regions of Asia and Europe between 7 and 17 million years ago.
H/T: National Geographic
Archaeologists discovered ancient teeth aging millions of years old, possibly from an ancient Euro-Asian primate, in Southwestern Germany. The discovery indeed aroused great controversy about the understanding of mankind’s earliest existence after it was published.
Source: National Geographic
He had been excavating the site in Eppelsheim from 17 years ago where the Rhine River used to flow, digging up riverbed sediments roughly 10 million years old. The site is famous in terms of scientific features for its primate fossils.
Lutz also revealed that when his team was on the verge of wrapping up the excavation in 2016, they came across the two teeth, a tremendous discovery that none of them expected. Both are completely preserved, looking ‘excellent’ and were ‘shining like amber,’ though no longer white, said Lutz.
Source: National Geographic
The media have been expressing doubts if the discovery can alter the history of mankind or not, as it appears to contradict the previous hypotheses related to humans originating from Africa.
Meanwhile, Lutz also states that the teeth are completely different from what have been discovered in Europe and Asia. “It’s a complete mystery where this individual came from, and why nobody’s ever found a tooth like this somewhere before,” said Lutz in an interview.
However, some scientists claim that the teeth barely “force us to reexamine the theory that humans originated from Africa,” arguing that the remains “might have been more likely to be from a very distant branch on the primate family tree,” while others even doubt the possibility of the teeth belonging to the hominoid classification (apes, chimpanzees, etc.)
Source: National Geographic
“I think this is much ado about nothing,” he says. “The molar, which they say clearly comes from the same individual, is absolutely not a hominin, and I would say also not a hominoid.”
Most of the scientists interviewed believed that the fossils discovered was probably from a species of an extinct, primitive branch of primates inhabiting the regions of Asia and Europe between 7 and 17 million years ago.
H/T: National Geographic
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