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

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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 ...

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

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

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

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but ...

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

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

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 ...

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