Homo antecessor landscape. Artwork of a Homo antecessor hunter (lower right) on a prehistoric European river plain during the Pleistocene. H. antecess

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Homo antecessor landscape. Artwork of a Homo antecessor hunter (lower right) on a prehistoric European river plain during the Pleistocene. H. antecessor is one of several extinct hominin species that form part of the human evolutionary tree. It lived between and million years ago. Fossils of H. antecessor were found in 1994 and 1995 at the Atapuerca site in northern Spain. Animals shown here include deer, a rhinoceros, European bison, and early horses. For a similar scene, see C015/5364.

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