Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution

The face fossils date to as early as 1.4 million years ago

Reassembled upper jaw and cheek fossils from 1.4 million years ago

Reassembled upper jaw and cheek fossils found in a Spanish cave come from the oldest known human ancestors in Western Europe. Researchers date this facial find to between 1.4 million and 1.1 million years ago.

A Spanish cave has divulged the oldest known fossil remains of human ancestors in Western Europe.