[kj] 700,000 years old!

[Jiri]

Always knew you old farts were lying about your age!

-Jiri
mutt of Slavic/Saxon/Mediterranean ancestry

Pat wrote:

> *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?
>
> -- 
> Pat
> celt
>
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