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455:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England.
479:"Swanscombe - Barnfield Pit (Quaternary of the Thames)"
433:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
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389:List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain
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533:. National Nature Reserves. Natural England.
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841:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Kent
673:. London, UK: William Collins. p. 147.
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379:Genetic history of the British Isles
1473:National nature reserves in England
1285:Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
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932:Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
862:Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods
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129:Site of Special Scientific Interest
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193:or pre-Neanderthal, (sometimes as
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705:Journal of Archaeological Science
642:Hendry, Lisa (15 December 2017).
459:from the original on 4 March 2016
1177:South Thames Estuary and Marshes
1072:One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common
699:Smith, Geoff M. (October 2013).
560:"Swanscombe Skull Site citation"
537:from the original on 24 May 2018
882:Chattenden Woods and Lodge Hill
609:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.007
384:List of human evolution fossils
318:human fossils, the other being
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453:"Map of Swanscombe Skull Site"
141:Geological Conservation Review
27:Archaeological site in England
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248:Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis
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997:Holborough to Burham Marshes
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730:Ashton, Nick (July 2016).
646:. Natural History Museum.
597:Quaternary Science Reviews
404:Boxgrove Palaeolithic site
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256:Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
203:around 400,000 years ago.
183:fossilised skull fragments
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208:straight-tusked elephant
196:Homo cf. heidelbergensis
125:Swanscombe Heritage Park
92:3.9 hectares (9.6 acres)
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252:narrow-nosed rhinoceros
145:National Nature Reserve
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632:. Retrieved 6 May 2008
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669:Ashton, Nick (2017).
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992:Hoad's Wood
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1242:Geological
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410:References
355:Pontnewydd
312:John Wymer
272:Sus scrofa
179:Clactonian
133:Swanscombe
84:Geological
74:TQ 597 742
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1187:The Swale
1182:Stodmarsh
927:Down Bank
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