Oldest Human Hair Found in Hyena Poop Fossil?

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on February 10, 2009

The oldest human hairs ever found were discovered in an unusual place–hyena poop! Researchers found the rock-hard dung in a cave in South Africa. They used tweezers to extract 40 fossilized hairs resembling glass needles from one of the hyena coprolites, or fossil turd.

Read the whole story on National Geographic News.

Get the scoop on spotted hyenas in the Creature Feature.

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Comments

  1. Mobius1
    February 10, 2009, 2:03 pm

    Thats creepy. Human hair in hyena poop? 1 million years ago… KILLER HYENAS

  2. esteban95
    February 10, 2009, 2:17 pm

    that is gross and cool at the same time!:-)

  3. CurlyQ1989
    February 19, 2009, 6:00 pm

    That just makes me SICK!

  4. cow30025
    February 19, 2009, 6:51 pm

    That’s all out creepy.

  5. ILUVanimals
    February 25, 2009, 8:56 pm

    Really creepy. That’s so strange, I knew Hyenas can be dangerous but, I didn’t know they ingested human hair.

  6. pratyush3as
    February 26, 2009, 8:21 am

    what??? A human hair in a hyena’s fossil! impossible!

  7. sonicguy22
    March 18, 2009, 5:53 pm

    gross and weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!but kinda cool…a million years ago?c’mon people…
    *sonicguy22*

  8. trin9
    May 21, 2009, 7:43 pm

    that is weird and gross!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. name1
    May 21, 2009, 7:43 pm

    gros yack

  10. pandagirl789
    July 28, 2009, 5:15 pm

    People hair in hyena poop. that is really gross
    Why!?

  11. monkey
    October 25, 2009, 8:06 am

    BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GROSS

  12. ivalouey
    February 7, 2010, 12:02 pm

    wwwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrdddddddd…
    WEIRD!

    P.S.To bad theres no picture.:-)

  13. lovemonkey
    March 7, 2010, 4:11 pm

    That is so cool! rock on hyena poop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. pcogirl54
    December 12, 2011, 5:31 pm

    Kinda weird and gross but it is interesting and a pretty cool find.

  15. ILovePiano
    July 13, 2012, 3:02 am

    A. Are you sure that’s really human hair??
    B. Are you sure that’s really hyena poop?
    C. Are you sure that’s a million years old??
    D. Are you sure that find will be of much use besides grossing me out?

    XDD Nahh just kidding… :)

    =D

  16. ILovePiano
    July 13, 2012, 3:02 am

    A. Are you sure that’s really human hair??
    B. Are you sure that’s really hyena poop?
    C. Are you sure that’s a million years old??
    D. Are you sure that find will be of much use besides grossing me out?

    XDD Nahh just kidding… :)

    =D

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