on Jul 18, 2015
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| Length cm | 3 | | Weight grams | 6 | | Width cm | 2.5 (widest) | | Thickness cm | 1 (max) | This finely made tool has been made on an flint flake, it is pentagon in plan and has been made with a trihedral point, both side edges have been retouched and probably used for scraping tasks
Made by modern man
Circa 17K-12K years B.P
Anatomically modern man had arrived in Britain circa 44k years ago, the earliest evidence is part of a jawbone found in a cave near Torquay, South West England
Britain had an extreme ice age cold snap between 22K to 13K B.P called the Dimlington stadial with the Last Glacial Maximum circa 20K years B.P
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