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Steady human occupation in Atapuerca

Two Stone tools on quartzite from Gran Dolina might proof that human occupation was steady in Atapuerca along 1.4 million years.

Both tools have been found during this field-season at Unit TD08, and they are around 600,000 years old, a time characterized in Europe by a striking scarcity of human presence.

In Cueva Fantasma and Sima del Elefante efforts have centered in remodeling and preparing the sites for next field-seasons.