Excavations at Gran Dolina fossil site. This site is one of several in the Sierra de Atapuerca foothills near Burgos, Spain. The Atapuerca fossil site
Excavations at Gran Dolina fossil site. This site is one of several in the Sierra de Atapuerca foothills near Burgos, Spain. The Atapuerca fossil sites are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, containing the earliest human remains found in Europe. The Gran Dolina site contains several levels, with most of the hominid fossils found in the TD-10 level (Homo heidelbergensis, 450,000 years old) and the TD-6 level (Homo antecessor, 780,000 years old). At Gran Dolina, there are eleven sedimentary strata in total, of which seven are of archaeological and palaeoanthropological interest. Photographed in July 2017.
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