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| Picture No | 11005668 |
| Date | 1922 |
| Description | Earliest man tracked by tooth, discovery in Pliocene strata |
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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.
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| Source | Reconstruction drawing by Amedee Forestier in the Illustrated London News, 24th June 1922 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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