Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain

Bibliographic Collection: 
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Stringer, Chris
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of Pages: 319
Publisher: Allen Lane
City: New York
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 9780713997958
Keywords: Great Britain., Human evolution
Abstract:

Homo Britannicus tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man’s very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of investigation, Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside hippos and sabre tooth tiger, times so cold we shared this land with reindeer and mammoth, and times colder still when we were forced to flee altogether. This is the first time we have known the full extent of this history: the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project, led by Chris, has made discoveries that have stunned the world, pushing back the earliest date of arrival to 700,000 years ago. Our ancestors have been fighting a dramatic battle for survival here ever since.