When Humans Vanished From Britain for 15,000 Years

130,000 years ago, humans appear to have vanished from Britain, with the archaeological record showing no evidence of people anywhere. Why did they disappear? Where did they go? And why did they come back?

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0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - The animals of the Ipswichian
8:32 - Which human species would have been alive at the time?
11:12 - The mystery of the missing humans
13:23 - First hypothesis
14:57 - Second hypothesis
17:43 - Third hypothesis
19:38 - Conclusion