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

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

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 ...

Learn more about Homo affinis erectus, Western Europe’s oldest human ancestor.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

Analysis - Piecing together the story of Europe's earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils ...

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

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

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

However, this new hominin is different,” she said. It “has a much more projecting forward face … which makes it similar to ...

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

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