antecessor
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Some traits resemble hominins from Gran Dolina in Atapuerca, often referred to as Homo antecessor, raising the possibility of very early population connections between north-west Africa and southern Europe.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
Patterns of bone-breakage in Homo antecessor, considered the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, suggest that cannibalism goes back a half-million years or more.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
They said it’s possible the items were produced by Homo antecessor, the hominin species dating from that period in other parts of Europe.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
“There is an archaic human population with facial morphology that resembles modern humans in many ways, and it is a lot older than Jebel Irhoud,” he says of H. antecessor.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2017
His very grave is disputed—a dispossessed antecessor claims the ground as his own, and the dead body of the Conqueror has to wait while its last resting-place is bought with money.
From William the Conqueror by Freeman, Edward Augustus
