Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, ...

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

The discovery is particularly important as it places the arrival of the first populations in Europe before the 'Homo ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

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 ...

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

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

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

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.