Kents Cavern

May 2021, Year 4, age 9

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This was our second tour of Kents Cavern, the only place in Britain where there is evidence of occupation by three types of human (Heidelbergensis, Neanderthals, and Homo Sapiens).

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The cave tour was similar to the last time, but with added face masks and social distancing blobs on the floor.

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This was our second tour of Kents Cavern, the only place in Britain where there is evidence of occupation by three types of human (Heidelbergensis, Neanderthals, and Homo Sapiens).

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We then explored the outdoor trial which now has three dimensional models of the wildlife around at the time.

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Sadly (though understandably given the size of some of these creatures!) the models are not to scale.

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We returned indoors to a lovely new bow drill exhibit. HB spent a long time trying to make a hole in the stone.

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