| Scientists were able to reconstruct the past climate of Happisburgh using the fossil remains of temperature-sensitive plants and animals. |
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| It is situated half a mile from the beach of Happisburgh and nine miles from Horsey beach, home to a colony of grey seals. |
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| Happisburgh has exceptional preservation of organic remains – not just bones, but insects' and plants' remains, including pieces of wood and pollen grains. |
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| The Happisburgh finds mark the first time that evidence of early humans has been found so far north. |
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| At Happisburgh the hominins are likely to have eaten more plants in summer and more meat in winter – and then hunting or scavenging in shorter days, and sometimes extreme cold. |
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| The Happisburgh footprints were a set of fossilized hominid footprints that date to the early Pleistocene. |
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| The footprints were found in sediment, partially covered by beach sand, at low tide on the foreshore at Happisburgh. |
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| The Happisburgh site is too old to date using radiocarbon dating, which is not suitable for sites older than approximately 50,000 years. |
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| In May 2013, fossilized human footprints were found in newly uncovered sediment on a beach in Happisburgh, Norfolk. |
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| These tools from Happisburgh are absolutely mint-fresh. |
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| In May 2013, sets of fossilized footprints were discovered in an estuary at Happisburgh. |
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| These Happisburgh footprints were dated to at least 800,000 years ago, the early Pleistocene. |
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| Happisburgh has produced a number of significant archaeological finds over many years. |
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| In January 1877, a great storm swept huge ironstone slabs from the sea bed onto Happisburgh beach. |
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| The Happisburgh footprints won the 'Rescue Dig of the Year' title in the 2015 Current Archaeology Awards, voted for by the general public. |
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| Over time, he bought several manors at Congham, Westacre and Happisburgh and was granted a coat of arms, becoming a minor member of the gentry. |
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| At the time the Happisburgh hominins lived, a land bridge existed between Britain and France before the formation of the English Channel about 450,000 years ago. |
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| In 2005 flint tools 700,000 years old were discovered at Pakefield, and in 2010 flint tools at least 800,000 years old were discovered at Happisburgh. |
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