Earliest man tracked by tooth, discovery in Pliocene strata
The earliest man tracked by a tooth: an astounding discovery of human remains in Pliocene strata. An artist's vision of Hesperopithecus (the ape-man of the western world) and contemporary animals. The finding of a fossil molar tooth in the Snake Creek beds of Sioux County, Nebraska, USA, has led to claims by anthropologists as to the origin of man
Picture No
11005668
Media ID
46115690
Size
5918px x 3672px
(5.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Reconstruction drawing by Amedee Forestier in the Illustrated London News, 24th June 1922
Date
1922
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