Earliest evidence of humans in Ireland

BBC ^ | March 21, 2016

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A bear bone found in a cave may push back dates for the earliest human settlement of Ireland by 2,500 years.

The bone shows clear signs of cut marks with stone tools, and has been radiocarbon dated to 12,500 years ago.

This places humans in Ireland in the Palaeolithic era; previously, the earliest evidence of people came from the Mesolithic, after 10,000 years ago.

The brown bear bone had been stored in a cardboard box at the National Museum of Ireland for almost a century.

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The European Viper is found above the Arctic circle in Scandinavia. It has a two year gestation period to cover the short summer season.

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And then there is the fasmlus "Alaskan Snowsnake."
The bane of campers in the woods there as it seeks warm dark places to hide during the long cold nights.

(I was an instructor, along with others, of an cold weather survival course for new arrivals during my Army time up in Fairbanks. This was always good for a little class room attention-getter. :) )

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fasmlus = famous.