When a fragment of a skull emerged from a cave in northern Spain, archaeologist Rosa Huguet was almost certain it came from a human ancestor.What she didn’t know at the time of the excavation ...

“This discovery introduces a new actor in the story of human evolution in Europe,” Huguet said at a March 11 press briefing. Some features of the jaw and cheek resemble those of Homo erectus ...

The research "introduces a new actor in the history of human evolution in Europe," study author Rosa Huguet, of Spain's University of Rovira i Virgili, said at a news conference, ...

Rosa Huguet, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez-Álvarez, María Martinón-Torres, Josep Vallverdú, Juan Manuel López-García, Marina Lozano, Marcos Terradillos-Bernal, Isabel Expósito, ...

This photo provided by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in March 2025, shows Dr. Rosa Huguet, a researcher at IPHES-CERCA and professor at Rovira i Virgili ...

Rosa Huguet. Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA. The finding is significant because it gives researchers a better timeline of when Western Europe was first settled by human ancestors.

Dr. Rosa Huguet, researcher at IPHES-CERCA and professor at Rovira i Virgili University. First author of the paper. Credit: Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA.

“This paper introduces a new actor in the story of human evolution in Europe, Homo affinis erectus,” said study co-author Rosa Huguet, a paleoanthropologist at the Institut Català de ...

The partial skull bears many similarities to Homo erectus, but there are also some anatomical differences, said study co-author Rosa Huguet, an archaeologist at the Catalan Institute of Human ...

When a fragment of a skull emerged from a cave in northern Spain, archaeologist Rosa Huguet was almost certain it came from a human ancestor.What she didn’t know at the time of the excavation ...

When a fragment of a skull emerged from a cave in northern Spain, archaeologist Rosa Huguet was almost certain it came from a human ancestor.What she didn’t know at the time of the excavation ...