Polish scientists at the University of Szczecin have uncovered three teeth from the first Neanderthal remains discovered on Polish soil.
The findings were published in the German science journal Naturwissenschaften (Natural Sciences) on January 28 this year, after tests confirmed that the teeth found in 2008 indeed once belonged to a Neanderthal.
The teeth were uncovered in the mountains of the Polish Jura Chain – an area which claims more than 200 caves scattered among limestone rocks, cliffs, and outcroppings.
Many Neanderthal artifacts such as flint tools, campsites, and the bones of animals have been found within Poland, but these are the first bodily remains found of the Neanderthals themselves who lived between 100 thousand to 80 thousand years ago.
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