Viggen Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Humans left the Mediterranean for northern Europe about 200,000 years earlier than believed, according to a study of flint artifacts found in the U.K. A temporary migration about 700,000 years ago trailed a shift to balmy weather north of the Alps, the data suggested. Scientists found 32 black flints in ancient riverbeds between Pakefield and Kessingland, England, a letter in today's Nature said. full article at Bloomberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hmm... I expected this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 I don't doubt it but at the same time, a riverbed isn't exactly the best context for accurate dating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Man by the name of W. J. Lewis Abbott, involved in the Piltdown-man hoax, also found flints in the Cromer Forest Bed. Its 'fairly' established that the forest bed dates to the Middle Pleistocene, due to the fact that is underneath glacial beds formed by the Late Pleistocene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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