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Fossil face discovery highlights challenges faced by Europe’s earliest settlers

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par Suzy White, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the excavation site of Sime del Elefante, near Burgos in Spain.

Known as ATE7-1, the new fossil consists of a partial face belonging to an ancient hominin, a biological classification that includes living humans and our closest extinct relatives, such as Neanderthals and Homo erectus. Nicknamed “Rosa” after…

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