Human Remains Found in Europe Date Back 1.2 Million Years

The journal Nature is reporting that researchers have found human remains that date back 400,000 years before the previous oldest-known remains, meaning humans roamed Europe a lot longer than previously believed.

A jawbone, teeth and simple tools were uncovered in a cave near the Spanish city of Burgos.

The remains are accurately dated and lay to rest doubts about when early humans first lived in Europe, said Andreu Olle, who has worked at the Atapuerca site since 1990.

“These are the oldest human remains in Europe. With this fossil, we can say it (Europe) was populated earlier than was thought,” he told Reuters.

For more, check out this video courtesy of the Reuters YouTube Channel (believe it or not, you can actually get yourself some learning there).

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