Event

Neanderthal man had arrived in Britain by…

28557 BCE – 26830 BCE Northwest Europe

Neanderthal man had arrived in Britain by around forty thousand years ago.

This period is often divided into three subperiods: the Early Upper Palaeolithic (before the main glacial period), the Middle Upper Palaeolithic (the main glacial period) and the Late Upper Palaeolithic (after the main glacial period).