I bought at an auction a certified 80,000 year old Neanderthal stone "knife/scraper" found in southern France.
It is pretty awsome holding something in your hand that was made 80,000 years ago.
"Until this find, it was thought that humans arrived in northern Europe 500,000 years ago, after archeologists unearthed a shin bone and two incisor teeth along with a number of flint tools at Boxgrove in southern England." I wonder how come these folks aren't considered?
Stranger In A New Land
"Over the past few years, researchers working at a site called Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia have unearthed a trove of spectacularly well preserved human fossils, stone tools and animal remains dated to around 1.75 million years ago--nearly half a million years older than the 'Ubeidiya remains. "
