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Devensian glaciation ('Last Glacial Period') begins. c. 60,000 BP Sea levels have dropped sufficiently for Neanderthals to return to Britain in the warmer periods, possibly only as summer visitors. [11] c. 44,000-41,000 BP Jawbone from Kents Cavern. First evidence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Britain. [12] [13] c. 40,000 BP
[citation needed] This warmer time period lasted from around 424,000 until 374,000 years ago and saw the Clactonian flint tool industry develop at sites such as Swanscombe in Kent. The period has produced a rich and widespread distribution of sites by Palaeolithic standards, although uncertainty over the relationship between the Clactonian and ...
It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Post-classical history – Period of time that immediately followed ancient history. Depending on the continent, the era generally falls between the years AD 200–600 and AD 1200–1500.
It is the oldest example of prehistoric music. [38] Europe, Baltic: Lithuania: 43–41: Šnaukštai near Gargždai: A hammer made from reindeer horn similar to those used by the Bromme culture was found in 2016. The discovery pushed back the earliest evidence of human presence in Lithuania by 30,000 years, i.e. to before the last glacial period ...
Bathampton Down, Iron Age earth enclosure with Bronze Age round barrows in the area. Bindon Hill, Iron Age earth enclosure. Great Orme, Bronze Age copper mines and an Iron Age hill fort. Grime's Graves, Neolithic flint mining complex. The Ridgeway, ancient trackway. Sweet Track, ancient causeway. Tarr Steps, late Bronze Age clapper bridge.
i) Proto-history (c.1500 - 500 BCE) known as Vedic period. ii) Historical period after 500 BCE. East Asia East Asia Periods: Neolithic c. 7500 BCE Pengtoushan culture: North Asia North Asia Periods: Korea Korean Periods: Paleolithic c. 40,000/30,000 – c. 8000 BCE Jeulmun pottery period c. 8000 – 1500 BCE Mumun pottery period c. 1500 – 300 BCE
This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically. List of dinosaurs Genus Picture Period Discovery locations and dates Acanthopholis Cretaceous (late) Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865 Gault, Kent in 2000 Altispinax Cretaceous (early) Battle, East Sussex in 1856 Anoplosaurus Cretaceous (early) Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878 Aristosuchus Cretaceous ...
Map of Doggerland at its near maximum extent c. 10,000 years Before Present (~8,000 BCE) (top left) and its subsequent disintegration by 7,000 BP (~5,000 BCE). Doggerland was a large area of land in Northern Europe, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea.