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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = commune
|county                 = Vâlcea
|population_total       = auto
|map_caption            = Location in Vâlcea County
|name=Tetoiu
|image_map              = Tetoiu en distrikto Vâlcea.png
|coordinates = {{coord|44|45|N|23|55|E|region:RO|display=it}}
}}
'''Tetoiu''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] located in [[Vâlcea County]], [[Oltenia]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of seven villages: Băroiu, Budele, Măneasa, Nenciulești, Popești, Tetoiu (until 1968 ''Bugiulești'') and Țepești.

In the Bugiulești area in 1962, the [[Paleoanthropology|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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ramnicuvalceaweek.ro/19684/|website=ramnicuvalceaweek.ro|title=Primul om din Europa a fost descoperit la Vâlcea|date=19 January 2016|accessdate=8 August 2022|lang=ro}}</ref> although the discovery and authenticity has been questioned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mixdecultura.ro/2015/05/cel-mai-batran-homo-sapiens-din-europa-descoperit-in-romania/|title=Cel mai „batran” Homo Sapiens din Europa descoperit in Romania|website=mixdecultura.ro|date=12 May 2015|accessdate=8 August 2022|lang=ro}}</ref> 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]].

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[[Category:Communes in Vâlcea County]]
[[Category:Localities in Oltenia]]
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