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Ancient hominids grabbed early northern exposure

British site yields stone tools from oldest known northern Europeans

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Excavations at a site in southeastern England indicate that hominids chilled out there a surprisingly long time ago.

RIVERSIDE SNACK A hominid site on the coast of southeastern England as it might have appeared 900,000 years ago. Excavations demonstrate that hominids reached northern Europe around that date, well earlier than researchers previously thought.