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.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. "The fossil is exciting," said Eric Delson, a paleontologist at the American ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been dis ...

Archaeologists discovered a 1.1 to 1.4 million-year-old fossilized partial face in northern Spain, making it the oldest human ancestor remains in western Europe. The fossil indicates early humans ...

Archeologists unearthed fossilized bone fragments in a cave in Spain that may represent a previously unknown species — making it the oldest-known human fossil ever discovered in Western Europe.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone ...

Archaeologists discover oldest known human face fossil in western Europe - Scientists say a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old ...

This image provided by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in March 2025, shows a fossil of the left midface of a hominin, right, between 1.1 million and 1.4 million ...