I have been hearing rumors of this for several months and the report finally
came out. It seems that the earliest British citizen was here 200,000 years
earlier than previously thought. Bones found in East Anglia date to 700,000
years. Previously, Boxgrove man was believed to be the earliest Briton and
he dated at 500,000 years. The interesting thing is that this gives support
to other early sites ( approx. million year old sites) like Soleihac near
Nice, France, or Le Vallonnet Cave in the Central Massif of France, Isernia
La Pineta in Italy, Monte Poggiolo (Italy), Ceprano(Italy),Fuente Neueva 3
(Spain), Karlich (Germany), Korolevo (Ukraine) Anzk (Azerbaizhan). This
widespread early European habitation does have implications both for the
technology and intelligence of these early peoples (who would have been H.
erectus. While the climate of England was probably mild, that couldn't be
said for Germany and the Ukraine. Clothing was a necessity. Clothing
requires both culture and extreme intelligence. These people were not mere
'bipedal mammals' as Hugh Ross tries to claim.
The report is at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2025000/2025530.stm But
don't expect all the above info from the press report.
glenn
see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
for lots of creation/evolution information
anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
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