Western Europe's oldest human face discovered in Spain
The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...
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Researchers Unearth Oldest Known Human Facial Bones Ever Found in Western Europe
The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...
Discovery of partially fossilized face belongs to oldest human ancestor in Western Europe, new study says
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.
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Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe – Associated Press
This image provided by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in March 2025, shows a fossil of the left midface of a hominin, right, ...
Fossilized facial bone fragments of oldest known human discovered in Spanish cave: ‘Earliest human face’
The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.
Spanish fossils may represent unknown ancient human species
Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...
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Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution
Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.