Reacción a "The oldest human ‘face’ in Western Europe has been discovered"

The study is obviously of high quality, but the robustness of the data is relative, due to the fact that the fossil record is always very scarce and the conclusions of the studies are never completely robust, but they are as robust as they can be until new remains are found to test the conclusions we are making.

The study is based on the results obtained, and the limitations are a consequence of the scarcity of fossils on which to compare.

The results obtained from the discovery made two years ago by Dr Rosa Huguet are highly relevant, as they allow Homo erectus to be placed on the European continent in a chronology prior to one million years ago. This is significant because, prior to this discovery, human remains found in Europe in chronologies prior to one million years ago were not completely diagnostic in terms of a precise taxonomic identification. This study therefore allows us to put a face to the hominins who inhabited the Sierra de Atapuerca over a million years ago and to know who made the stone tools and ate the animals present at the site.