Atapuerca rewrites the history of Europe’s first inhabitants
IPHES-CERCA leads a study published in Nature on ‘Pink,’ a facial fragment discovered in Sima del Elefante. This fossil has been assigned to Homo aff. erectus, a different and more primitive species than Homo antecessor.
Dr. Rosa Huguet, researcher at IPHES-CERCA and professor at Rovira i Virgili University. First author of the paper. Credit: Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA.
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