[Stones] axes found

[Thomas Goskar]

"People first lived in Britain about 700,000 years ago."

I think the term 'people' and 700K years ago is used in a general  
sense. I don't think that we can assume that 'hominids' weren't  
'people'.

...although that's up for debate, depending on your definition of the  
term 'people' (e.g. = homo sapiens sapiens, = human, = able to  
communicate and make tools + lives in a community).

It's an interesting one :-)

Cheers,

Tom

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On 12 Mar 2008, at 19:47, Ric wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> Re. your link:
>
> "People first lived in Britain about 700,000 years ago
> ... The first fully developed Neanderthals emerged
> around 130,000 years ago and remained in Europe until
> 30,000 years ago."
>
> am equally no expert here, but guesstimate the arrival
> of modern humans in North West Europe at some time
> around 40-50,000 years ago? which i guess tallies with
> the 30K limit for Neanderthals, when the two species
> co-existed?
>
> however, the "700,000 years ago" people must have been
> Homo Erectus?
>
> http://archaeology.about.com/od/homoerectus/a/pakefield.htm
>
> be that as it may be, these 100,000 year old *hand
> axes* must predate modern humans?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6099422.stm
>
> thanks again,
>
> Ric
>
>
>
> --- Thomas Goskar <t.goskar at wessexarch.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I¹m no expert in this area, but people in the know
> > here at Wessex have
> > written an FAQ:
> >
> http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/marine/bmapa/north-sea-handaxes/
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On 10/3/08 22:19, "Ric" <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > who would have wielded these hand-axes ~ Homo
> > > Neanderthalis?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Thomas Goskar <t.goskar at wessexarch.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> > And the full story here, of course ;-)
> > >> >
> > >> > Evidence of Ice Age hunters found below North
> > Sea
> > >> >
> > >
> >
> http://news.wessexarch.co.uk/2008/03/09/evidence-of-ice-age-hunters-found-be
> > >> > low-north-sea/
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers,
> > >> >
> > >> > Tom
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On 10/3/08 10:29, "Mark White"
> > >> > <markjnwhite at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > this just in on the Guardian's site.
> > >>> > > mw x
>
>
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