Ancient Teeth Inform Humans' Arrival in Europe (3 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Ancient Teeth Inform Humans' Arrival in Europe (3 of 8)

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Three-dimensional digital models of the lower deciduous incisor from Riparo Bombrini (left) and of the upper deciduous incisor from Grotta di Fumane. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 24, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Stefano Benazzi at the University of Bologna in Ravenna, Italy, and colleagues was titled, "The Makers of the Protoaurignacian and Implications for Neandertal Extinction."

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[Credit: Daniele Panetta, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy]

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