Evidence comes from revised radiocarbon dating and environmental data indicating habitable conditions sooner than assumed. The research focuses on environmental records from southern Britain, and the study revises assumptions about how quickly humans responded to post-glacial climate shifts.

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Earlier human presence aligns with a rapid summer temperature increase at the end of the last ice age. The findings suggest humans re-entered the region before full forest recovery, during a colder, more open landscape phase.