780 Ka
Jul 1994
Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain
<1,000 cc
ATD 6-5 is the holotype for Homo antecessor and was discovered in July 1994 in Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain. The specimen is a fragmentary mandible dated to approximately 780 Ka. The presence of this specimen, along with others assembled at the site demonstrate that hominins occupied Western Europe (Spain) by at least the late early Pleistocene1.
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