Hominin Footprints Discovered at Matalascañas in 2020 are 200,000 years older Than Originally Thought

Contrary to what was previously believed, footprints show that there were people in Southern Spain throughout the Middle Pleistocene.

It was a scientific revolution when hominin footprints more than 106,000 years old were discovered adjacent to El Asperillo in June 2020 (Matalascañas, Huelva). As a result, it was regarded as one of the most significant discoveries of the year. However, the recent publication of a new report in Scientific Reports¹ has proved what several scientists had …