Atapuerca Mountains

Oldest European human fossil possibly found in Spain

Published by Hurriyet on Mon, 07/11/2022 - 06:00

A jawbone fragment discovered in northern Spain last month could be the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor found to date in Europe, Spanish paleontologists said on July 8.

The researchers said the fossil found at an archaeological site on June 30 in northern Spain's Atapuerca mountain range is around 1.4 million years old.