Child’s tooth ‘earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe’

A child’s tooth is said to be the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe (Ludovic Slimak/CNRS)

The fossil of a child’s tooth is the earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe, researchers say.

The discovery of the molar was made in a cave – known as Grotte Mandrin – in France’s Rhone Valley.