Prehistoric Britain

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/prehistoric-britain

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the earliest hominin evidence?Happisburgh, Norfolk, circa 900,000 years ago (Homo antecessor)
2. What is the oldest human fossils?Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove, Sussex, circa 500,000 years ago

Homo antecessor: An early human species, potentially the earliest colonizer of Britain, known from stone tools and footprints.
Weald-Artois Anticline: A prehistoric land bridge connecting Britain to mainland Europe, breached by a megaflood.
Neolithic Revolution: The transition to agriculture and settled village life, associated with significant population movements.
Bell Beaker Culture: A widespread archaeological culture of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, associated with significant population turnover.