Canterbury suburbs were home to some of Britain’s earliest humans, 600,000-year-old finds reveal

Image caption: A selection of handaxes discovered in the 1920s. Image: authors of the research. Image credit: University of Cambridge. Article by Tom Almeroth-Williams, University of Cambridge. Phys.org – June 22, 2022.

Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, making it one of the earliest known Paleolithic sites in northern Europe. The breakthrough, involving controlled excavations and radiometric dating, comes a century after stone tool artifacts were first uncovered at the site. […]

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