Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than estimated

Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than estimated


Selected images of high-confidence cut-marked samples from the Oltes River Valley assemblage. Credit: nature communication (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56154-9

Evidence of hominins in Europe 1.95 million years ago, five million years earlier than we thought

Map of fossil localities showing evidence of hominins (either hominin fossils, lithics, or cut-marked bones) in North Africa and Eurasia before 1.0 Ma. Credit: nature communication (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56154-9

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