The oldest documented case of wisdom tooth impaction was that of a Magdalenian female who was believed to have been a girl for 95 years, since she was discovered in 1911 at Cap Blanc, a rocky formation believed to have been used as a shelter in France.
Primary findings showed that her wisdom teeth have not fully erupted, which placed her at younger age bracket, below 15 years of age. At this day and age, third molars are extracted to pre-empt complications like gum disease and chronic toothache. This is because we have been believed to have evolved into creatures who have adapted to softer food, and therefore have no use for the third molar. Theory is, over the years, the mouth has grown to a smaller size that it no longer has enough space for these growing third molar.
This was believed to have been the case for this Magdalenian female who was discovered to have had impacted wisdom teeth in 2006, which is why they did not fully erupt as they should have. This means that the Magdalenian female is not a young girl, but a woman around 25 to 35 years of age.
What is amazing is the fact that so many can be learned from these dental prints, and the way the wisdom teeth develop. It can disprove a theory held true for almost a century. With better technology and more innovations, who knows what else we can learn from these dug-out remnants from the past?