Italy's oldest human artifact on display in Isernia: a 600,000-year-old child's tooth

The tooth of a child who lived 600,000 years ago is still visible today. It is the most important find in the National Museum of the Paleolithic in Isernia and constitutes to date the oldest human find in Italy, fundamental evidence for reconstructing the earliest peopling of man in Europe.

While awaiting its final placement in the Isernia museum building, where work is still underway on the new layout, the baby tooth of Homo heidelbergensis will be on public display, inside a case, until September 30, 2020, and then visible during the National Paleolithic Museum’s usual opening days and hours, Tuesday through Sunday from 8:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.

The museum, which is built around the Isernia La Pineta deposit, is considered one of the main prehistoric archaeological sites dedicated to life and population dynamics in the Mediterranean area during Prehistory.

Italy's oldest human artifact on display in Isernia: a 600,000-year-old child's tooth

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