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Nature 438, 921-922 (15 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438921a; Published online 14 December 2005

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Archaeology: Life on the Costa del Cromer

Wil Roebroeks1

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Flint fragments from eastern England constitute the earliest known evidence of human occupation of Britain. The climate was balmy, and the environment was home to a wide range of animals and plants.

About 700,000 years ago, Britain was connected to continental Europe, and the large rivers that drained central and eastern England meandered sluggishly into the North Sea basin. Sediments laid down by these lowland rivers are found today along the coastline of northern Suffolk and Norfolk.

  1. Wil Roebroeks is in the Department of Archaeology, Leiden University, PO Box 9515, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
    Email: w.roebroeks@arch.leidenuniv.nl

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