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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1216_051216_humans_britain.html
James Owen
for National Geographic News, December 16, 2005
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James Owen
for National Geographic News, December 16, 2005
Stone tools found on the coast of Britain suggest early humans first colonized northern Europe much earlier than previously known.
Ancient flints discovered in cliffs at Pakefield in eastern England show humans lived in northern Europe some 700,000 years ago, according to researchers.
They say the find indicates that humans journeyed into Britain 200,000 years earlier than experts had suspected.
Flints typical of crafted tools used for butchering meat and cutting wood were found in sediments along with the remains of hippos, elephants, and other exotic animals.
The long-extinct wildlife dates the flints back to a much warmer period when Britain was still connected to continental Europe via a land bridge.
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