Tooth from a Straight-Tusked Elephant, Terminus Road, 150,000-500,00BC
This molar of the extinct elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was about 35 years old when it died. At that time Britain was an island populated by animals including deer, beaver, rhinoceros, hippopotamus and hyena but no humans. It was found alongside a stream which once ran through Southbourne – around the South Street area. Teeth from a Hippopotamus, Irish Deer, Horse and a slender-nosed Rhinoceros were found at the same time.
