BARCELONA, SPAIN—An excavation led by scientists from the Catalan
Institute of Human Paleo-Ecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) in the La
Mina area at Barranc de la Boella has uncovered 50 flint tools estimated
to be between 800,000 and one million years old. Well-preserved remains
of deer, horses, cattle, rhinoceros, and hyenas were also found, in
addition to hyena coprolites. IPHES researcher Josep Vallverdú told the Catalan News Agency
that the site “contains the oldest files on human evolution in
Catalonia and on the Iberian Peninsula." Plans are being made for the
continued excavation of the site, which is located in the Francolí River
Basin.
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