Grotta del Cavallo
Cave near Nardò in southern Italy with Uluzzian layers. Two milk teeth found in 1964 were re-identified as modern human in 2011, but the claim is heavily contested.
Dated events and their evidence
- 43,000 BCE disputed
Two milk teeth from Uluzzian layers argued to be the earliest modern humans in Europe source - 41,000 BCE disputed
A 2015 re-analysis says excavation disturbance means the teeth cannot be tied to the Uluzzian layer at all source
Where
40.1550° N, 17.9600° E
Sources
- https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10617
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0131181
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