Ancient Jawbone dug up in Spain’s Burgos City

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 1

Atapuerca Foundation in Spain dug up an ancient jawbone that could help understand Europe’s earliest human civilisation

• The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the millennia
• The fossilised fragment of an upper jaw and cheekbone was found near caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain’s Burgos province, the site of other ancient remains.