A human fossil species in western Europe could be close to a million years old

[rangerrebew]

A human fossil species in western Europe could be close to a million years old

First direct dating of an early human tooth confirms the antiquity of Homo antecessor, western Europe’s oldest known human fossil species.
 
A previous find from the unit TD6 of Atapuerca Gran Dolina archaeological site in northern Spain has yielded more information about our early human lineage. An international team of researchers from Australia, China, France and Spain has conducted the first direct dating study of a fossil tooth belonging to Homo antecessor (H. antecessor), the earliest known hominin species identified in Europe.

https://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/129543_en.html?WT.mc_id=RSS-Feed&WT.rss_f=news&WT.rss_a=129543&WT.rss_ev=a

[driftdiver]

So they find a tooth and it rewrites their version of evolutionary history.   Hmmm