Cave discovery reveals earliest known human fossils in Western Europe | CNN Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient humans, according to new research.

A fossil walks into a bar: "Why the old face?"

Fragments of a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin, unearthed in the #SimaDelElefante cave in #Spain, are the earliest human #fossil remains in Western Europe so far:

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Batı Avrupa’nın en eski insan yüzü İspanya’da bulundu Bilim insanları, İspanya'daki Sima del Elefante kazı alanında 2022'de keşfedilen 1,4 milyon yıllık fosili, Batı Avrupa'nın en eski insan yüzü olarak tanımlayarak yeni bir hominin türüne atfetti.

Batı Avrupa’nın en eski insan yüzü İspanya’da bulundu

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The oldest human face from western #Europe, a 1.4 MA old type of #Homoerectus, #Atapuerca, N Spain

'Excavations at Sima del Elefante paint a picture of lush meadows and woodlands more than 1.1m years ago with oaks, pines, juniper and hazel trees in abundance. Rivers cutting through the […]