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The Past: Open Vegetation, Climate Changes, and Human Migration
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Pre-human Britain had open vegetation rather than dense forests, thanks to large animals like rhinos and elephants. A severe cold a million years ago forced early humans out of Europe, but they later adapted and returned. Evidence suggests a massive North Atlantic cooling event about 1.1 million years ago wiped out the entire population of archaic humans in Europe, leading to a complete interruption in their occupation.
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