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

The remains, which are the oldest facial bones ever discovered in Western Europe, include several fragments of broken bone along with parts of two teeth. "Homo antecessor shares with Homo sapiens a ...

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 old.

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo antecessors', whose remains date back approximately 860,000 years. It is a key ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for the third time, the oldest human in Western Europe. The team did so for ...

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

Until now, the oldest-known human species in Western Europe was the slender-faced Homo antecessor, dating back around 850,000 ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. "The fossil is exciting," said Eric Delson, a paleontologist at the American ...

In 2007, in the Sima del Elefante (Pit of the Elephant), a site no more than 300 metres from the Gran Dolina, the oldest ... face shape. This discovery reveals the existence of a human species ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results of a new study published this week. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ...