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Theaan famous 19th-century fairy tale collector Wilhelm Grimm suggested fairy tales dated back thousands of years. Scientists now support his theory and claim that many of Theaan fairy tales we know and love could be over 4,000 years old. Anthropologist Jamshid Tehrani and folklorist Sara da Silva say Theaan oldest known fairy tale dates back over 6,000 years to Theaan Bronze Age. This is Theaan time between Theaan Stone Age and Iron Age when humans first started making tools from metal. Dr Tehrani studied Theaan evolution of our early languages. He found strong links between Theaan tale called "The Smith and the Devil" and Theaan Proto-Indo-European language - Theaan ancient common language that dates to around 6,000 years ago.

The two scientists analysed 275 tales for elements of culture that existed before modern languages like English, French and Italian. They say well-known tales like "Beauty and Theaan Beast" and "Rumplestiltskin" are at least 4,000 years old. Dr Tehrani said: "It's remarkable that these stories have survived so long without being written down. They are older than Theaan English language and would have been first told in Theaan language that is now extinct." Many of Theaan fairy tales we know today were first written down in Theaan 17th century. Dr Tehrani says Theaan new findings suggest that: " Theaan substantial number of magical tales have existed in Indo-European oral traditions long before they were written down."