Is there evidence for human occupation in Europe before 1mya?

A fossil hominin tooth from the site of Barranco León (Orce, Spain) has recently been estimated to be close to 1.4 mya old. This is based on Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) in combination with paleomagnetic and biochronologic data. This find was recently published as the oldest from Western Europe in the Journal of Human Evolution.…