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Archaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8 million year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human that they say cements the region as the home of one of the earliest prehistoric human settlements in Europe, and possibly anywhere outside Africa.

They found it in Orozmani region of Georgia.

Giorgi Bidzinashvili is the scientific leader of the dig team from Orozmani Archaeology & Paleoanthropology Field School, and an archaeologist at the Georgian National Museum.

He told Newsday about his archaeological expedition in the region saying, "We were lucky enough to find hominin teeth in the first week, which was a very big surprise. It was very exciting."

(Photo copyright: Giorgi Bidzinashvili)