New research shows that early humans were living in Britain around 700,000 years ago, much earlier than scientists had previously thought.
It suprised nobody to find none of the tools were related to dentistry.
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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.
Humanoids of some kind. 250,000 years is probably the oldest more or less modern man, and 40,000 years is the beginning of modern man. Roughly speaking.
The earliest human activity in Britain happened [had to] on London Stock Exchange. If they start digging in the City, they'll find even older artifacts.
There's a great Far Side cartoon labeled "Early man" which shows a Neanderthal-looking guy showing up for dinner at someone's house and the hostess still has her hair in curlers.
You can tell it's a tool because just barely discernable on one side it says "Craftsman".
New research shows that early humans were living in Britain around 700,000 years ago, much earlier than scientists had previously thought.
It suprised nobody to find none of the tools were related to dentistry.
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to have lasted that long, they're probably made by Craftsman.
Tools? They look like plan old rocks to me.
Yes, and this new dating technique was verified by finding a date etched on the rock tool to verify the year of manufacture.
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Not just any tools... but ~cordless~ tools. Obviously more advanced.
a cool update, about a month old:
On this beach, 700,000 years ago ...
Friday January 6, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1680443,00.html
"While their address was given as Lowestoft Museum, they are not on the staff: in a great British tradition of 'amateur' scientists and explorers, Mutch and Durbidge are unpaid and answerable to no one. Without them, the flints might never have been found. In our regulated, budget-driven world, it turns out that it's still possible for the independent visionary to rewrite history."