[kj] 700,000 years old!

[Pat]

*New research shows early humans were living in Britain around 700,000 years
ago, substantially earlier than previously thought.*

Using new dating techniques, scientists found that flint tools unearthed in
Pakefield, Suffolk, were 200,000 years older than the previous oldest finds.


Humans were known to have lived in southern Europe 780,000 years ago but it
was unclear when they moved north.

The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature.

A team of researchers from the UK, Italy and Canada found a total of 32
flint tools in a fossil-rich seam at Pakefield. They say it represents the
earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in northern Europe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4526264.stm

Why Jaz says 2000 years is anyones guess?

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