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| In the Summer of 2001 bones and teeth of hippopotamus were found in a sand and gravel pit near Norton Subcourse in Norfolk. these remains, buried in peaty sediments laid down by a slow flowing river, date back to early in the Pleistocene - the period popularly known as the "Ice Age". The dig at Norton Subcourse in September/October 2004 provided an opportunity to uncover further remains of this long-extinct hippo. It also allows us to understand the landscape, climate, plants and animals of southern Britain during an "Ice Age" warm interval some time between 500 - 700, 000 years ago. |
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