The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the Sima del Elefante cave, located in the Atapuerca mountains of Spain, is changing what we ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

Lauren Clark loves life in Lisbon. The 32-year-old Briton credits moving to Portugal five years ago with allowing her to ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Oldest known human fossil found in western Europe - ...

Scientists have put a face, but not an official name, to the earliest human ancestor ever found in Western Europe.

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

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.