In a cave in northern Spain, researchers have discovered pieces of a fossilized face belonging to an ancient human ancestor — the oldest human fossil ever found in Western Europe. The remains ...

Archaeologists in Portugal just identified the world's oldest mummies — thanks to a few undeveloped rolls of 60-year-old film ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, ... was found in northern Spain in 2022 and published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

Washington — A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...

4.4 million-year-old human ancestor is found 1994. Tim White, ... That would make these the oldest hominid ancestors yet identified, and the most primitive hominid species known.

They may have even used mussel shells as tools—the oldest known evidence of them being used for that purpose—and engraved some of them (the most ancient human engravings have been found on ...

A collection of older fossils from early human ancestors was previously found in Georgia, near the crossroads of eastern Europe and Asia. Those are estimated to be 1.8 million years old.

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. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.