Venta Micena News Today

As Homo erectus expanded its territory from Africa into Eurasia, a species of hunting dog migrated westward into the area. These two predators offer important lessons about sociality and survival.

Excavations at a site in northern Israel are at the heart of a debate about the species' migrations

'Ubeidiya is at the heart of a debate about Homo erectus migrations, with profound implications for the study of human evolution.

The remains of a previously unknown wolf species was discovered in Granada, Spain. The ancient wolf – which has been named Canis orcensis – was found at the site of Venta Micena in the municipality of Orce by a group of paleontologists led by Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro who is an ICREA researcher at the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA) and contracted professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Venta Micena is an extremely important site fo...