mo4ch:>Mysterious skull of primitive child reveals strange modern human-like teeth | Mo4ch News

The mysterious skull of a primitive 6-year-old child discovered in a Chinese cave was found to have teeth similar to modern humans. The fascinating find is now the oldest known case of human teeth growth in East Asia.Seven teeth were discovered in the child’s fossilized upper jaw – teeth which were in the process of development when the youngster died approximately 104,000 years ago. The remains were unearthed at a northern Chinese site called Xujiayao in the late 1970s.Now, X-ray examinations of the teeth’s internal structure show the first molar had erupted a few months before death. Researchers found the root of the tooth was growing at similar pace to modern children, and while other tooth roots had grown more rapidly, overall the child’s dental growth fell within the range of kids today.“Modern humans develop slowly, and at least for the first 6½ years of life, the dentition of the Xujiayao individual suggests that it also developed slowly,” study co-author Debbie Guatelli-Steinb…