Tag #Atapuerca Mountains

What is the significance of the newly discovered 1.1-million-year-old hominin fossils found in Spain, and how do they alter the established timeline of human presence in Western Europe?

In 2022, fossilized bone fragments unearthed in Spain's Sima del Elefante site revealed a previously unknown human population dating back over 1.1 million years. These fossils, the earliest human remains in Western Europe, consist of a partial skull representing the left side of an adult hominin's face. The discovery challenges existing understanding of early human settlement in Europe.