Neanderthals in Britain: flint finds open new era in prehistory
Neanderthals in Britain: flint finds open new era in prehistory
Archaeologists in Kent have found the earliest evidence of Neanderthals in Britain: two flint scrapers, found lying on a land-surface c.100,000 years old, have pushed back the presence of Neanderthals in Britain by 40,000 years. Dr Francis wenban-Smith explains the evidence.
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Wenban-Smith, Francis
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October 2010
Wenban-Smith, Francis
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Wenban-Smith, Francis
(2010)
Neanderthals in Britain: flint finds open new era in prehistory.
Current Archaeology, (247), .
Abstract
Archaeologists in Kent have found the earliest evidence of Neanderthals in Britain: two flint scrapers, found lying on a land-surface c.100,000 years old, have pushed back the presence of Neanderthals in Britain by 40,000 years. Dr Francis wenban-Smith explains the evidence.
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Published date: October 2010
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A scientific paper on the work reported on here has been
published in Journal of Quaternary Science - see eprint 159361
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