Barranco León

Barranco León is an archaeological site in Orce, Andalusia, Spain with an age range between 1.2 and 1.4 million of years [1]. It is noted for having yielded evidence of hominin occupation, including the milk tooth of a boy or girl of 10 years [1]. After the tooth had been dated, its original owner (the "child of Orce") was hailed as having left the earliest anatomical evidence for humans in Western Europe [1]. The site was excavated in 1995 by Josep Gibert i Clols and between 1999 and 2000 by Martínez Fernández y Toro [1]. Now situated in an arid area of Spain, the site was once at the edge of a lake [1]. The lithic industry assemblage found at the site is from the Oldowan, and consists of more than 1000 artefacts [1]. Spiral or helical fractures, impact points, flake scars, and bone flakes were discovered on megafaunal remains and are associated with the tools [1].