Sima del Elefante (TE) is one of the main palaeoanthropological sites in the Sierra de Atapuerca archaeological cave complex [1][2], a UNESCO World Heritage site in Spain [3]. The Sima del Elefante site preserves a long Early to Middle Pleistocene sequence with Oldowan and Acheulean tools, as well as archaic Homo fossils in the lower levels [4][5][2]. It is also well known for the discovery of Europe’s oldest human fossils, including a 1.2 to 1.3 million-year-old mandible [4] and a hand phalanx [6], and more recently facial fragments estimated to be 1.4 million years old [7].

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Oldest European human fossil possibly found in Spain

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