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	Happisburgh 3, Oldest human occupation in northern Britain [More Info] End date: 2010-09-10 Ancient humans were living in northern Europe 780,000 years ago, far earlier than was previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Nature. Evidence of the ancient humans comes in the form of over 70 flint tools and flakes uncovered at Happisburgh, a small village on the north-eastern coast of Norfolk in the UK. As well as pushing back the date of the earliest known occupation of the UK, the new findings represent the first evidence of ancient humans surviving in a relatively harsh climate. The research may therefore trigger a re-evaluation of the history of the colonisation of Europe and the ability of early humans to adapt to harsh environments. Happisburgh exhibit at Norwich Castle Museum [More Info] End date: 2010-09-29 There is a temporary exhibition on the Happisburgh site at the Castle Museum, Norwich. The display includes a selection of the vertebrate fossils from the 2010 AHOB excavation and stone tools. Neogene Park, Scontrone Italy, 1-3 March 2011 [More Info] End date: 2011-03-03 The conference intends to promote an interdisciplinary discussion between palaeontologists, eco/ethologists, zoologists and geneticists focused on Neogene vertebrate migrations in the Mediterranean and Paratethys as well as stratigraphers, sedimentologists and regional geologists involved with paleogeographic reconstructions and palinspastic restorations of these regions within the same time span. (see http://www.comune.scontrone.aq.it/it/conference2011.htm)
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