# Boxgrove people occupy southern Britain (-400000)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/-400000-boxgrove-people-occupy-southern-britain

At Boxgrove in Sussex, early humans left stone tools, butchered animal remains and one of Britain's oldest human fossils. Within the broader Prehistoric Britain period, communities moved from hunter-gatherer lifeways toward farming, monument building, metalworking and increasingly complex regional societies. This event is placed at c. 400,000 BCE in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The site gives unusually detailed evidence for hunting, toolmaking and adaptation long before modern humans arrived.

## Why it matters
The site gives unusually detailed evidence for hunting, toolmaking and adaptation long before modern humans arrived.

Ruler at the time: [Prehistoric Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-britain)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Boxgrove people occupy southern Britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Boxgrove+people+occupy+southern+Britain&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Boxgrove people occupy southern Britain](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Boxgrove+people+occupy+southern+Britain)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — prehistoric Britain topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=prehistoric%20Britain)