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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain

Archaeologists unearthing the facial bones
Archaeologists unearthing the facial bones from the Sima del Elefante cave near Atapuerca in Burgos. Photograph: Maria D Guillen/PA

Bone fragments unearthed at an ancient cave in Spain belong to the oldest known human face in western Europe, researchers say.

The fossilised remains make up the left cheek and upper jaw of an adult member of an extinct human species who lived and died on the Iberian peninsula between 1.1m and 1.4m years ago.

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