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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Human ancestor fossils unearthed in Spain point to grim secret of first Europeans

Over two dozen new human ancestor fossils unearthed at a Spanish cave site suggest these first Europeans may have engaged in cannibalism 850,000 years ago.

More than 30 years after the discovery of the first fossils attributed to the prehistoric human species Homo antecessor, new finds at the cave site of Gran Dolina continue to reshape our understanding of the species.

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