Homo heidelbergensis (also H. sapiens heidelbergensis) is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human which existed during the Middle Pleistocene.It was subsumed as a subspecies of H. erectus in 1950 as H. e. heidelbergensis, but towards the end of the century, it was more widely classified as its own species.It is debated whether or not to constrain H. …

Guildford (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l f ər d / ()) is a town in west Surrey, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London.As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 148,998 inhabitants in 2019. The name "Guildford" is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River …

A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history, yet there is no academic consensus on what they were used for. It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone.. Their technical name (biface) …

West Sussex ist eine Grafschaft im Süden Englands.Sie grenzt an East Sussex (mit Brighton and Hove), Hampshire und Surrey.Die traditionelle Grafschaft Sussex wurde bereits 1888 in zwei Verwaltungsgebiete mit eigenen Hauptorten geteilt. Bis 1974 blieb Sussex eine eigenständige zeremonielle Grafschaft, doch dann erhielten East Sussex und West Sussex jeweils eigene …

The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. They were found together with animal bones and stone and bone tools. The excavations took place under the management of Hartmut Thieme of the …

Shirehampton is a district of Bristol in England, near Avonmouth, at the northwestern edge of the city.. It originated as a separate village, retains a High Street with a parish church and shops, and is still thought of as a village by many of its 6,867 inhabitants. Although on the far northwest corner, and largely separated from the rest of Bristol by a broad swathe of parkland extending …

Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication and alternative names Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury: Benedictine nuns founded c.1160 by Gilbert de Mountfitchet, Kt., Lord of Wyrardisbury and his son; dissolved before 8 July 1536; granted to Lord Windsor 1538/9 then to Sir Thomas Smith 1550/1

Homo heidelbergensis („Heidelberger Mensch“) ist eine ausgestorbene Art der Gattung Homo.Dieser Art werden insbesondere Fossilien aus dem europäischen Mittelpleistozän zugeordnet, die 600.000 bis 200.000 Jahre alt sind.. Homo heidelbergensis ging aus Homo erectus hervor und entwickelte sich vor etwa 200.000 Jahren in Europa zum Neandertaler …

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport.The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with the aid of a hand-held mechanism.However, devices do exist to assist the javelin thrower in achieving greater distance, such as spear-throwers or …

One of the most prominent archaeological sites dating to this period is that of Boxgrove Quarry in West Sussex, southern England. Mesolithic (10,000 to 4,500 BC) By the Mesolithic, Homo sapiens, or modern humans, were the only hominid species to still survive in the British Isles. There was then limited occupation by ...