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Ancient Jawbone Found in Spain

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• July 10, 2007: Eudald Carbonell, director of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleo-Ecology and Social Evolution, is seen at an archaeological site in Atapuerca, northern Spain. A small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain is the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor in Europe and suggests people lived on the continent much earlier than previously believed, scientists say.
• July 10, 2007: Archaeologists work at an archaeological site in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
• July 10, 2007: Archaeologists work at an archaeological site in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
• July 10, 2007: Tools are seen at an archaeological site in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
• In this undated image released Wednesday by the Atapuerca Research Team, archeologists Jose Maria Bermudez, left, and Eudald Carbonell, right, hold a small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain.
• In this undated image released by the Atapuerca Research Team, a small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain is seen.
• A small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain is seen in this undated image released Wednesday by the Atapuerca Research Team.