The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

Officially known as Homo georgicus, these remains are widely considered to represent a primitive form of Homo erectus, the human species that first colonized large parts of Eastern Europe and Asia. In ...

The oldest human ancestor found in any area of Europe is the Dmanisi people, or Homo georgicus ... which they called Homo 'affinis' erectus. "This is the most honest proposal we can make with ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.

leading scientists to classify them as a subspecies known as Homo erectus georgicus. The Dmanisi skulls are significant because they challenge previous ideas about early human classification.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fragments of human facial bones that surfaced in northern Spain have been found to be 1.1 to 1.4 ...

But the title of oldest human in all of Europe is still held by the Dmanisi people -- also called Homo georgicus -- who ... similarities to the face of Homo erectus -- but not enough that the ...

erectus recovered at level TE7 of the Sima ... The researchers suggested that the species may be a bridge between the Homo georgicus species and the Homo antecessor species. Study co-author ...

Pink's face bears some similarities to the human ancestor Homo erectus, researchers said ... the species may be a bridge between the Homo georgicus species and the Homo antecessor species.