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 ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the Sima del Elefante cave, located in the Atapuerca mountains of Spain, is changing what we ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Learn more about Homo affinis erectus, Western Europe’s oldest human ancestor.

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 ...

Homo Erectus This species, until recently known by a multiplicity of other names, was probably the immediate predecessor of modern man. It now seems possible that the transition took place some ...

Scientists discovered ancient facial fossils in Spain that may represent a new human species, reshaping early European ...

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 ...