Boxgrove is the name of a Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site discovered in a gravel quarry to the east of Chichester in the English county of West Sussex. The Lower Paleolithic or Palaeolithic refers to the earliest period of human existence, the first of the three Paleolithic (Stone Age) periods. ... Importance and applicability Archaeology is the study of human nature and attempts to illuminate the question of what it means to be human. ... An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ... Chichester Cross, in a circa 1831 illustration. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ...

It was excavated between 1983 and 1996 by a team led by Mark Roberts of University College London. The site is one of a buried chalk cliff which overlooked a flat beach which stretched around 1km south to the sea and which contained a waterhole. 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ...

Finds of flint tools and the remains of animal kills dating to around 500,000 years ago were made indicating the site was used as a butchery by some of the earliest occupants of the British Isles. They shared the area with a wide variety of animals whose bones have been found there including lions, bears, rhinos and giant deer as well as numerous smaller frogs, voles and birds. Game animals had been expertly butchered and it is likely that this variety of animal life attracted human hunters. Flint tools were made by stone age peoples worldwide. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

In 1994 the first remains of homo heidelbergensis were found on the site; a tibia of a male who probably stood 1.8m high and weighed around 80kg. Significantly, this is the only hominid bone to have been found in Northern Europe coming from anywhere other than the skull. Both ends of the bone showed signs of gnawing, possibly by a wolf, suggesting that the Boxgrove hominids were sometimes prey to other animals. In 1996 two incisor teeth from another individual were found. These show evidence of severe periodontal disease and show tool cut marks thought to have been caused by use of flint tools near the mouth rather than cannibalism. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Binomial name Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack, 1908 Homo heidelbergensis is an extinct species of the genus Homo and the common ancestor of both Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis) and Cro-Magnon man (Homo sapiens). ... In human anatomy, the tibia (Shin Bone) is the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. ...

In 2003 English Heritage announced it would buy the remains of the quarry to ensure their preservation. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...