Fragments of a skull found in Spain reveal that human ancestors arrived ... But the new bones are hundreds of thousands of years older and shaped differently, suggesting that Homo erectus — an ...

Rather, the facial fragments belong to Homo affinis erectus—and the finding, reported today in Nature, indicates that the human population in Europe turned over at the end of the Early Pleistocene.

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.

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

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

This skull, attributed to Homo habilis ... These skulls belong to Homo erectus, but they are much smaller than typical Homo erectus fossils, leading scientists to classify them as a subspecies ...

The partial skull bears many similarities to Homo erectus, but there are also some anatomical differences, said study co-author Rosa Huguet, an archaeologist at the Catalan Institute of Human ...

The find is significant as it shows similarities to Homo erectus, adding crucial information ... The incomplete skull - a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw - was found in northern ...