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Ancient jawbone dug up in Spain’s Burgos city

Archaeologists in Spain said on Friday that they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of some of the earliest human ancestors in Europe.

The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia, the team from the Atapuerca Foundation said in a statement.

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