Reacción a "Hominid fossils discovered in Morocco could be from ancestors very close to modern humans"

The article by Hublin et al. is excellent. It describes a very important piece of the puzzle that will bring us closer to the origin of Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, since there is very little record from the late Lower Pleistocene to early Middle Pleistocene period in Africa and Europe. 

I think that the ThI-GH fossils could certainly be close to the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans (LCA), as is the case with the Homo antecessor fossils (Gran Dolina-TD6). However, the two hypodigms have been found in a "cul de sac": the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. I still think that the Near East, the nexus between Africa and Europe, is an ideal region to find the LCA. I know there is a lack of evidence, and we will have to wait for it. 

On the other hand, it would be very important for the team excavating at ThI-GH to find facial remains to test their hypothesis. In Homo antecessor, facial remains were decisive in the conclusions about the proximity of this species to the LCA.