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  1. "When humans did return between 850,000 and 950,000 years ago, they were quite different from the people they replaced." ‘When humans came back to Europe, as evidenced by ancient footprints in Happisburgh in the UK and similar aged sites, they were tolerating colder winters than today,’ ‘It’s assumed that these humans were Homo antecessor, based on the timing, but without human fossils at Happisburgh we can’t be sure.’- quote from scientists who co-authored the paper, Professor Chris Stringer.
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  2. The earliest evidence of humans in Europe comes from Dmanisi in Georgia, where fossils and stone tools dating back around 1.8 million years were unearthed. These fossils are usually assigned to the species Homo erectus and are generally agreed to be the first evidence of humans outside Africa.
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