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01/14/2006: "Pakefield and the missing link"
Well, just before Christmas it was announced on TV. 'It' being something that we (Dave and myself that is) realised quite some time ago. Pakefield/Lowestoft is probably home to the 'missing link'.
Looking at this image (nicked from the bbc website - see link below) - I am sure I recognise some of the locals today!!
On the BBC website it says
New research shows early humans were living in Britain around 700,000 years ago, substantially earlier than had previously been thought.
Using new dating techniques, scientists found that flint tools unearthed in Pakefield, Suffolk, were 200,000 years older than the previous oldest finds.
Humans were known to have lived in southern Europe 780,000 years ago but it was unclear when they moved north.
The findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature.
A team of researchers from the UK, Italy and Canada found a total of 32 flint tools in a fossil-rich seam at Pakefield. They say it represents the earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in northern Europe.
BBC website link with more info