Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

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 ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...

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

A group of scientists have discovered the jaw bone of an ancient human species that lived about 1.4 million years ago. The ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.