The earliest evidence of people (homo sapiens) in Britain is 816,000 years ago The first evidence of modern people in Britain is a 40,000 jawbone discovered in Kent’s cavern The oldest human skeleton found in Britani is 33,000 years ago About 17,000 years ago almost everyone in Britain moved away from Britain because of an Ice Age About 9000 years ago Mesolithic people in Britain were living in Cheddar Caves Neolithic people were the first farmers in Britain 6000 years ago Stonehenge was built about 4400 years ago People 5,500 years ago started to make Bronze from copper and tin Iron is made for the first time in Britain 2750 years ago Pytheas on a Greek ship makes the first known written reference to Britain