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The First Britons

The Ancients

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What Do We Know About Homo Sapiens?

There are various different groups of homo sapiens therefore do we know what they looked like at all? Well we've got skeletons of course from Europe from goth's cave. People then are in Britain to stay not necessarily exactly the same people as waves of people were coming across but after about six or seven thousand years ago they're coming across water to get to Britain. There are sites under excavation now which i'm sure are going to provide a lot more exciting evidence and as a paleontologist as somebody who studies the bones and teeth i'm very hopeful it's about time we found some more fossil humans in Britain.

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