A group of scientists have discovered the jaw bone of an ancient human species that lived about 1.4 million years ago. The discovery was made in Spain.

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 million years ago.

Scientists have unearthed facial bones that may belong to a previously unknown human species. The bones, nicknamed "Pink," are estimated to be a million years old.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain more than one million years ago.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years old, researchers said.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found in northern Spain in 2022.

Pink's facial anatomy was more primitive than that of Homo antecessor, a species known to have inhabited Western Europe roughly 850,000 years ago whose slender midface resembled m

Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed “Pink” discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the human family who lived more than 1.1 million years ago, scientists said Wednesday.