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Commune in Vâlcea, Romania
Tetoiu
Commune
Location in Vâlcea CountyLocation in Vâlcea County
Tetoiu is located in RomaniaTetoiuTetoiuLocation in Romania
Coordinates: 44°45′N 23°55′E / 44.750°N 23.917°E / 44.750; 23.917
CountryRomania
CountyVâlcea
Population2,206
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.VL

Tetoiu is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Băroiu, Budele, Măneasa, Nenciulești, Popești, Tetoiu, and Țepești.

In the Bugiulești area in 1962, the paleoanthropologist Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor uncovered several humanoid fossilised bone fragments, including a skull, believed to belong to a variety of Homo habilis (dubbed Homo olteniensis or Australoanthropus olteniensis) dating back roughly two million years, which would make them the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, although the discovery and authenticity has been questioned. Some of the artefacts are currently exhibited in the Museum of Oltenia in Craiova, although the more "controversial" findings are located in the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology.

Vâlcea County, Romania
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References

  1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. "Primul om din Europa a fost descoperit la Vâlcea". ramnicuvalceaweek.ro (in Romanian). 19 January 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. "Cel mai „batran" Homo Sapiens din Europa descoperit in Romania". mixdecultura.ro (in Romanian). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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