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So who get's the bragging rights? I think the thing predates all modern religions by at least 390,000 years. Judiasim, Islam, and Christianity didn't exist back then.

Of course there could be some prehistoric political party that survived and want's to take credit :laughing: I'm sure the Democrat or Republican party can find some way to spin it in their favor.

 

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I'm guessing they carbon dated the thing for the age.

The funny part of this, if the thing really is that old, the original owner of the tooth probably had some mutation where at the time his peers probably looked at him/her funny. If there was an ancient orthodontist I bet he would have been thinking boat payment.

Of course that mutation has now become the standard, evolution has to start somewhere.