Re: Early Humans in Britain

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:08:09 GMT, "I E_Johansson" <inger
e.johansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"JMB" <johnmbyrne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>news:43a15588$0$25452$ba620d2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4526264.stm
>>
>> "New research shows early humans were living in Britain around 700,000
>years
>> ago, substantially earlier than previously thought. "

>John, with the restriction that the 'Human' 700,000 years ago might be
>disputed, have you or anyone else by any chance seen a map where the
>tectonical plates were located in those years? Is it possible that such
>and/or vulcanic activity in the areas in, under or around the Atlantic could
>explain the difference between Britain and Ireland or is it only one of
>those grey fields where nothing been found but can't be excluded as
>impossible to be found in the future?
>
>Inger E

You have no sense of time and geological velocities. A million years
ago the plates were pretty much where they are now. Besides, England
moves with Ireland and the rest of central Europe, those distances
have remained unchanged for 250 my.

H.erectus (Neander-ancestor) was in England 700ky to 500k, eg.
Boxgrove; there is a distinct hiatus 180-50k, and - one full
glaciation and the Eemian interglacial later, with lots of mean sea
level changes, and after after Neander vanished ca.40ky ago - there is
a hiatus for Cro 25-17k bp.

The latter is clearly caused by inhospitable conditions as this is the
maximum glaciation period of the Weichsel/Wisconsin.

fkoe

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