In the article published in Nature magazine by Spanish scientists working in Atapuerca, it was stated that the fossil of facial bones, which belonged to 1.1 to 1.4 million years ago, corresponded to a new type of human being classified as “Homo Affinis Erectus” in Europe.
Indicator of at least two species in Western Europe
Scientists emphasized that this finding was an indication that there were at least two species in Western Europe during the Early Pleistocene period.
It was recorded that the oldest human species in the Western and Central Europe have been known as “Homo Alecyor” and the first species that reached the European continent with the new invention was “Homo Affinis Erectus”.
The oldest proof of human settlements in Western Europe was found in the Atapuerca region.
The oldest fossils of about 860 thousand years ago were revealed in the La Gran Dolina region in Atapuerca in the summer of 1994, and this discovery was described as the history of scientists by scientists.
It is believed that Hominids settled in Eurasia at least 1.8 million years ago in Eurasia. (AA)