[nickcarraway]

The specimen's teeth are very worn down.

The early date suggests the specimen might be Neanderthal

The Cro-Magnons may have spread quickly across Europe

[Bartholomew Roberts]

and they could tell it was a Brit because of the bad teeth!

[socal_parrot]

Jawbone Hints at Earliest Britons

Must've had really bad teeth.

[beyond the sea]

A piece of jawbone that has lain in Torquay Museum, Devon, for nearly 80 years could be the oldest example of a modern human yet found in Europe

Anyone seen Janet Reno lately?

[blogbat]

I understand they were able to identify this fellow as one of the first Britons by his bad teeth.

[No Longer Free State]

Sorry, Camilla, but I can't resist: Was it the jawbone of an ass?

[fish hawk]

Let me guess. They found it at Piltown.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

"That would mean that in Britain and in western Europe, there was at least 10,000 years of overlap between Neanderthals and modern humans."

We have much to learn.

[ironmaidenPR2717]

The origin of the British "stiff upper lip"?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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