Re-writing Human History: Uncovering 9.7 Million Year Old Teeth in Europe

[256bits]

http://worldfossilsociety.org/2017/...eth-discovery-germany-re-write-human-history/
It's just some teeth, but the researchers are scratching their head(s), over whether human history will have to be re-written.
"The first paper on the find will be uploaded to Researchgate in a week’s time"

 

[phinds]

Gads. That really is remarkable if it pans out. The fact that they held off publication for a year because they could hardly believe it, but then did publish, seems to lend credence to it, but I'm still dubious.

 

[jim mcnamara]

I'm more than slightly dubious. 'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof' - Carl Sagan / M Truzzi

 

[Ygggdrasil]

The teeth were found next to the remains of an extinct genus of horse, which helped them date the teeth.

That doesn't seem like particularly strong evidence for the age of the teeth.

A preprint of the study is available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320518472_A_new_great_ape_with_startling_resemblances_to_African_members_of_the_hominin_tribe_excavated_from_the_Mid-Vallesian_Dinotheriensande_of_Eppelsheim_First_report_Hominoidea_Miocene_MN_9_Proto-Rhine_Riv

 

[SciencewithDrJ]

No mention of the dating method used, except this: "The teeth were found next to the remains of an extinct genus of horse, which helped them date the teeth". Would like to know exactly how they arrived to the 9.7 million year estimate.