Archaeologists in Cambodia have made a breakthrough discovery that could solve a century-old puzzle. A Buddha statue torso has been unearthed at the ancient Angkor temple complex. The remarkable find is believed to match a head discovered nearly 100 years ago during the French colonialist era.

It marks the first time significant remains older than 1 million years old have been discovered in Western Europe.

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old