A jawbone fragment was discovered in northern Spain’s Atapuerca Mountains. It is estimated to be 1.4 million years old, which would make it the oldest hominid fossil found to date in Europe. Scientists are currently attempting to identify the type of human to which this fragment belonged. According to José María Bermúdez de Castro, “What we can say is that we have found a fossil that's very important and interesting that belongs to one of the first populations that arrived in Europe.”