Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe
Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...
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A Facial Fragment of Homo affinis erectus Found in Atapuerca Is the Oldest “Human Face” in Western Europe
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 ...
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An archaic European face more than one million years old
The partial midface of a hominin fossil has been found in the Sima del Elefante cave site near Burgos, northern Spain, and dates to between 1.4 million and 1.1 million years ago. Its discovery ...