The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...
Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...
The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...
Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...
Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...
A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.
New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.
Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...
The Sima del Elefante site, in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain), has once again been the scene of an extraordinary discovery. A team of researchers has identified a human facial fragment dated ...
An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and ...
Scientists discovered ancient facial fossils in Spain that may represent a new human species, reshaping early European ...
The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...