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Please tell me this is NOT a human tooth


galaxy777

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My sister and i were out scouting the freshly laid down gravel bars on Iron Ore Creek in Grayson County Texas this week, and I found this tooth.

Is it... gulp... human? With the tooth root still attached, it can't be a "baby" tooth which brings me to think that there may be more. out. there...

First I thought that maybe it is from a Native American, since there are points, tools and stuff commonly found in Iron ore; but it doesn't have the scoops that are associated with them. 

It doesn't have a lot of patina either, which really freaks me out.DSCN3463-vert.thumb.jpg.e968261c8a670dd8675f67b49cff0723.jpg

 

upper cretaceous, woodbine formation, lewisville member

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I agree with it being a deer tooth. Definitely not human. The distinct asymmetric widening at the tip is distinctive of the front two teeth of modern deer (as you can see in Harry's picture). Other cervidae (e.g. moose) are more symmetric and less crowded (which is what causes that flat edge on one side of your tooth).

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