A Fragment of Human Skull More than 200,000 Years Old Is Discovered in Ciudad Real
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Researchers have discovered a skull fragment more than 200,000 years old in the Ruidera site (Ciudad Real), a finding that makes it a promising paleoanthropological enclave to investigate human evolution during the Middle Pleistocene (between 126,000 and 780,000 years ago).The fossil, called RVH-1, corresponds to a fragment of parietal bone with archaic characteristics different from the remains dated in the same period.
The fragment retains surprisingly archaic features and makes this corner of Ciudad Real one of the most promising sites in Europe
The discovery of a teenager with ancestral features adds to the confusing crucial moment in which Homo sapiens and Neanderthals emerged, and makes Ruidera a key site after Atapuerca.
A fragment of human skull more than 200,000 years old found in the Ruidera site (Ciudad Real) has been identified as the first published human skull remnant of this enclave and makes the Manchego municipality one of the most promising paleoanthropological references in Western Europe. The fossil, called RVH-1, belongs to the Middle Pleistocene and presents an archaic morphology that does not fit the pattern of classical Neanderthals.
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