Bob, that is such an interesting, well captured gallery. So different to
what we have around here. The story of the Pilot is very touching too.
The hom saps who "invaded" Europe from Africa about 500m years ago
slowly replaced & intermarried with the various hominids already there.
Neanderthal genes are still to be found in indigenous Britons today,
notably in the front rows of Rugby scrums.
Alan C
On 27/10/2025 22:03, Bob W PDML wrote:
Some photos from a circular walk today starting and ending at the village of
Boxgrove in West Sussex.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0109kY0XrmS28UmzJtJxguMPg
Boxgrove is a beautiful village, half a million years old, with a very nice
village shop. It is famous for several things, including the oldest human
remains found in Britain, a tibia and two teeth from a Neanderthal and the
supposed ancestor of Neanderthals and hom saps. Oddly they were discovered by a
certain Mark Roberts.
It is also known for Boxgrove Priory, the remains of a 12th century Benedictine
monastery.
There are vineyards all round the village but oddly you can’t buy the local
wine in the village shop - apparently there’s no demand for it. Not sure what
that says about the wine, I’ll have to try some.
The village is on the Roman road Stane Street, which links Chichester and
London and was probably built in the first few years after the second Roman
invasion. The road today is a mix of modern busy road, and quiet public
footpaths as seen in these photos.
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