Remains are of an adult member of an extinct species who lived up to 1.4m years ago, researchers sayBone fragments unearthed at an ancient cave in Spain belong to the oldest known human face in western Europe, researchers say.The fossilised remains make up the left cheek and upper jaw of an adult member of an extinct human species who lived and died on the Iberian peninsula between 1.1m and 1.4m years ago. Continue reading...
Bone fragments discovered in a Spanish cave belong to the oldest known human face in Western Europe, dating back 1.1 to 1.4 million years. The remains, including a cheek and upper jaw, represent an adult member of an extinct human species, possibly *Homo affinis erectus*, and suggest multiple early human forms inhabited the region during the early Pleistocene. The discovery, nicknamed "Pink," features a flatter nasal structure than *Homo antecessor*.
