Fossil:

ATD6-69

Source: American Museum of Natural History

Site:

Gran Dolina
Atapuerca, Spain (11)

Discovered By:

J.M. Bermudez de Castro
1997 (11)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

780,000 ya
* determined by Paleomagnetic data (11)

Species Name:

Homo antecessor (7, 11, 15)
Homo heidelbergensis (1)

Gender:

Mixed (11)

Cranial Capacity:

1000 cc (15)

Information:

80 fossils from 6 individuals found (11)
Earliest known European specimens (15)

Interpretation:

May be common ancestor to modern humans and Neanderthals (7, 11)
Earliest case of hominid cannabilism (based on cut marks from stone tools on most of remains) (1, 15)