2006-07-23 11:25:14 · 20 answers · asked by Roger B 3 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
700,000 - 500,000 years: timing of the first occupation of Britain thsi is the best site for understanding britains pre history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain
2006-07-23 11:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by omnigomni 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans arrived in Britain over 500,000 years ago but occupation has not been constant since that time. Populations have come and gone in response to environmental factors, the most important of which is climate. The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project aims to investigate and document the history of the human community in the British Isles and to reveal how those people lived. Chris Stringer of the Department of Palaeontology at The Natural History Museum and head of the project explains what is already known about this fascinating aspect of prehistory and what he and his colleagues aim to discover.
2006-07-23 11:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by maidenrocks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days, Britain is surrounded by water, but it wasn't always like that. Only 10,000 years ago we were connected to scandanavia. There is what's called a "land bridge" in the North sea. Soil samples were taken from there and it showed a level of peat about 10,000 years ago. Peat is formed on marshy land with fresh water. Which is now the salty north sea. So humans were in britain before it was britain.
2006-07-23 11:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by JeffE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Millions of years ago (although no specific day or date has been given) humans arrived on the 122 bus from Apeville!
2006-07-23 11:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homo erectus from about 700,000 years ago.
Homo sapiens arrived about 30,000 years ago but was limited to the south coast till the retreat tof the glaciers 10,000 years ago.
2006-07-23 11:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Red P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cant prove any year really, it could of been in 1066 for all i know , as i wasnt around then . it makes me wonder how all these scienctist know the world has been around for all these years but hey im not going to lose sleep
2006-07-23 11:31:52 · answer #6 · answered by whispernikki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Irish came over to show you how to work.
2006-07-23 14:58:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1967 and that will be me.
2006-07-23 11:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by sebastian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know they'd arrived. Why didn't somebody tell me.
2006-07-23 11:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the normans invaded, 1066.
2006-07-25 08:44:15 · answer #10 · answered by Dirk Wellington-Catt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋