Unique canine tooth from 'Peking man' found in Swedish museum collection
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 21:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossils from so-called Peking man are extremely rare, as most of the finds disappeared during World War II. A unique discovery has been made at the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University -- a canine tooth from Peking Man, untouched since it was dug up in the 1920s in China.