Quote:The teeth were found in the riverbed of the Rhine river, the Natural Museum in Mainz said on Wednesday, and has no resemblance to the bone remains of species previously discovered in Europe or Asia.

According to earlier theories, the teeth have more resemblance to the skeletons of the hominids Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) and Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus), better known in Ethiopia.

However, the remains found in Mainz are at least 4 million years older than the African skeletons.
That fact paralyzed the investigations that had been undertaken a year ago, when the finding was made, pending further analysis.

"I do not want to dramatize it too much, but I would hypothesize that we will have to start rewriting the history of humanity after today,” concluded Mayor Michael Ebling.

Interestingly, a month ago scientists made another surprising announcement when they revealed they had discovered 5.7 million-year-old hominin footprints on the island of Crete in Greece.

After experts presented the discovery, many reacted with disbelief as the discovery point to the fact that the earliest human ancestors already were in Europe at the same time—and perhaps earlier—than Africa, throwing the wide-spread theory that humans emerged in Africa into doubt.

Now, with the discovery of the 0.7 million-.year-old Hominin teeth in Germany, history has come a step closer to be rewritten.