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IN June 1935, a fossilized human occipital bone was found in situ at a depth of 24 ft. below the surface, in the middle gravels of the Thames 100-ft. terrace at Swanscombe, Kent, in association with implements of the Acheulean culture phase. A note on the discovery appeared in NATURE of October 19, 1935, p. 637.
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MARSTON, A. Preliminary Note on a New Fossil Human Skull from Swanscombe, Kent. Nature 138, 200–201 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138200a0
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