Humans in Britain 700,000 years ago

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Littlestone L
Littlestone Dec 15, 2005 14:56:57
Replying to Wild Wooder

No prob WW (it was over on <b>News anyway</b> :-). Still haven't had time to read everything but wonder what sort of creatures they would have been back then?

C cropredy
cropredy Dec 15, 2005 17:34:44
Replying to Littlestone

Well, as a Yorkshire man. have You ever ventured into Lancashire ?
K.

G GordonP
GordonP Dec 15, 2005 17:41:23
Replying to Littlestone

700,000 years ago? An advanced form of Australapithicus? Probably with a braincase close in size to Homo sapian. Maybe an ancestor of Neaderthal Man?

P PeterH
PeterH Dec 15, 2005 18:49:46
Replying to Littlestone

This really is a staggering age for Britain! First acheulian handaxes appeared in Europe around 800,000 bp. In Britain we were enjoying the temperate climate of the Cromerian interglacial and rising sea levels. Then the ice returned so I guess the people retreated south again. The incredible age makes the oldest cave paintings of Chauvet at 30,000 bp seem like they were done yesterday