The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe
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Field, Mike H.; Lee, Jonathan R.; Lister, Adrian M.; Mutch,
Robert; Penkman, Kirsty E.H.; Preece, Richard C.; Rose, James;
Stringer, Christopher B.; Symmons, Robert; Whittaker, John E.;
Wymer, John J.; Stuart, Anthony J.. 2005 The earliest record of
human activity in northern Europe. Nature, 438. 1008-1012.
10.1038/nature04227Full text not available from this repository.
(Request a copy) The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is
a key event after their spread out of Africa, but the nature,
timing and ecological context of the earliest human occupation
of northwest Europe is uncertain and has been the subject of
intense debate1. The southern Caucasus was occupied about 1.8
million years (Myr) ago2, whereas human remains from Atapuerca-
TD6, Spain (more than 780 kyr ago)3 and Ceprano, Italy (about
800 kyr ago)4 show that early Ho