Neanderthal man in Poland

7th February 2010

Polish archaeologists have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave close to Krakow.

The actual find was made back in 2008 but it was kept under wraps while tests were carried out to determine how old they were.

According to Dr. Mikolaj Urbanski of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Szczecin, the discovery is significant as it goes some way to proving that Neanderthal man existed in Poland. It also suggests he used some form of tooth pick and had good dental hygiene.

Speaking to TVP, the research team boss said “We can see that on at least one of these teeth there has been a simple tool used to ensure hygiene - and that tool was a sort of tooth pick.”

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