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Yacimiento de Venta Micena y el 'Hombre de Orce'

Orce, Comarca de Huéscar, Granada

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Yacimiento de Venta Micena y el 'Hombre de Orce'

Historical milestone · Orce, Comarca de Huéscar, Granada

Image of Orce, not of the place itself.

Bone fragment found in 1982 by the paleontologist Josep Gibert, presented as the oldest human remain in Europe. Its human nature and its age remain disputed among the scientific community: there is no consensus.

1982

Photo: jose antonio casanov… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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