The "Pit of Bones," or Sima de los Huesos in Spanish, is a landmark archaeological site in the Atapuerca Mountains, just outside Ibeas de Juarros in Burgos Province, Spain. Unveiling crucial ...

The same cave complex in Spain's Atapuerca Mountains where the new fossil was found also previously yielded other significant clues to the ancient human past. Researchers working in the region ...

Found at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossils make up a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin. The mineralized bones are the ...

3D virtual reconstruction of the ATE7-1 individual recovered at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante site (Atapuerca, Burgos). Credit: Elena Santos / CENIEH. The attached images and videos may be ...