Old site in Greece dates back to 700,000 years ago

Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country's oldest archeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans' hominin ancestors. The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of Greek archeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been discovered elsewhere in Europe. The oldest, in Spain, dates to more than a million years ago.

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