abstract:For the purposes of this article, Prehistoric Britain is Britain during the period between the first arrival of humans on the land mass now known as Great Britain and the start of recorded British history.The time prior to the arrival of the genus Homo is also "prehistoric" Britain, hence the initial qualification.
He added that the discovery provided a unique opportunity to learn more about the earliest permanent settlements in prehistoricBritain and how such sites developed at a time when new practices were being adopted.
Other finds turned up in the course of excavations for the rail route include bones from prehistoric animals, Bronze Age and Roman tools, and the largest piece of amber ever uncovered in Britain.