Boxgrove Man

Boxgrove Man

Tibia from Boxgrove Man
Common name	Boxgrove Man
Species	Homo, species uncertain
Age	480,000 years
Place discovered	Boxgrove, England, United Kingdom
Date discovered	1993
Discovered by	Mark Roberts

Boxgrove Man is a name given to three fossils of early humans, found at Boxgrove in Sussex, and dated to about 480,000 years old. One piece of the tibia (shinbone) and two teeth were found. The tibia was of a mature well-built man, perhaps from the common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals, and the teeth are thought to be of early Neanderthals. They are the oldest fossils of the genus homo found in Britain.