Fossil-rich site found by quarry workers in the Basque Country

In 2012, quarry workers accidentally exposed portions of a site that contained one of the richest collections of ancient fossils ever found on the Iberian peninsula. The workers realized the discovery was probably important enough to contact researchers at the University of the Basque Country, who subsequently sent a team of archaeologists, geologists, and paleontologists to the site.

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An exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in Arrasate

By University of the Basque Country

Science Daily

September 6, 2016