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Oldest Human Fossils in Europe Discovered: 1.3 Million-Year-Old Remains Challenge Previous Migration Theories


Spain's Orce region holds Europe's oldest human remains, dating 1.3 million years ago, indicating migration through the Strait of Gibraltar. Researchers may have solved one of the most widely debated questions about human evolution and expansion: when, and by what route, did the first hominids ar

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