Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years old, researchers said.

The oldest hominid facial bones ever discovered in Western Europe have revealed that the region was initially inhabited by a previously unknown human lineage. Dated to between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ago,