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Ancient jawbone, 1.4 million years old, could give glimpse of Europe’s earliest humans

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A fossil of an ancient jaw bone is seen in Burgos, Spain in this screengrab taken from a handout video obtained by Reuters. Atapuerca Foundation

Archaeologists in Spain said on Friday they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of some of the earliest human ancestors in Europe.

The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia, the team from the Atapuerca Foundation said.

“The first week of July 2022 will enter the history of human evolution,” the team added in a statement.

The fossilised fragment of an upper jaw and cheekbone was found near caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain’s Burgos province, the site of other ancient remains.

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