Neandertals take a big step back in time. (hominid fossils found in northern Spain)

From: Science News | Date: April 10, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Three partial fossil skulls found deep within a Spanish cave last July document an early stage of Neandertal evolution in Europe that began at least 300,000 years ago, according to a report in the April 8 NATURE.

The skulls are a small sampling of the more than 700 fossils recovered so far in the cave, located in northern Spain's Atapuerca Mountains. The bones represent the remains of at least 24 hominids (members of the human evolutionary family), according to paleontologist Juan-Luis Arsuaga of Complutense University in Madrid and his colleagues. This is the largest ...

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