Atapuerca: Un millón de años de historia
- José Cervera,
- Juan Luis Arsuaga,
- José María,
- Bermúdez de Castro &
- Eudald Carbonell
La Sierra de Atapuerca is Europe's most important archaeological site for human prehistory, with almost a million years of life represented i.n the various remains found there (see above). One of the world's most complete and best-preserved hominid skulls was found in Atapuerca's ‘Pit of Bones’. Other hominid fossils from the site date from over 780,000 years ago — pushing back the date of the earliest Europeans by 300,000 years. In addition, it is claimed that these remains provide the first evidence of human cannibalism. Atapuerca: Un millón de años de historia (Editorial Complutense, 3,990 ptas) by José Cervera, Juan Luis Arsuaga, José María Bermúdez de Castro and Eudald Carbonell, describes the site, its history and the methods used to discover its secrets.
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Them bones. Nature 397, 314 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/16847
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