My first reaction was a jaw dropping "Whaat?", but it really gets better: "In 1944, German soldiers constructing a bunker in Greece uncovered a fossilized jawbone." (from the WP link).
If we step away from this wonderland then it appears that so far there is a single jaw from Greece dated to be about 7.2 millions old and belonging to a unique primate specimen and there is a single tooth from Bulgaria believe belong to the individual from the same species from the same time period.
Consensus seems to be that unless more evidence is found then it is more convincing to believe in status quo. Involved parties are eager to look for further evidence.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 28.3 ms ] threadThen again, actually linking to the science paper is an improvement over typical Telegraph practice so kudos to them for that, at least.
If we step away from this wonderland then it appears that so far there is a single jaw from Greece dated to be about 7.2 millions old and belonging to a unique primate specimen and there is a single tooth from Bulgaria believe belong to the individual from the same species from the same time period.
Consensus seems to be that unless more evidence is found then it is more convincing to believe in status quo. Involved parties are eager to look for further evidence.