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Fossil hunting in Spain
Spain holds Europe's richest early-hominin record at the Sierra de Atapuerca, plus internationally important Cretaceous dinosaur tracksites in Teruel and La Rioja, and the Cretaceous wetland Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas in Cuenca.
Fossil collection in Spain requires authorisation from the relevant autonomous community heritage authority; at protected sites like Atapuerca, collection is restricted to research teams. Visitors access marquee sites through guided in-situ tours.
Atapuerca is the must-visit for any paleo traveller — a guided tour walks visitors past the working excavation in the Trinchera del Ferrocarril where Homo antecessor was discovered. Pair with the Museum of Human Evolution in central Burgos.
Top picks: Atapuerca, Burgos (UNESCO early-hominin caves, guided in-situ tour of the Railway Trench excavation).
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