Editing 8th millennium BC (section)

==Other cultural developments==
The [[Mount Sandel Mesolithic site]] in [[Ireland]] is dated to c. 7900–7600 BC. This was long thought to be the earliest human activity on the island, until the discovery of the [[Alice and Gwendoline Cave]] pushed the date back to 10,000 BC.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/another-life-the-case-of-the-kneecapped-bear-1.2617890 |last=Viney |first=Michael |title=Another Life: The case of the knee-capped bear |publisher=The Irish Times Ltd |location=Dublin |date=23 April 2016 |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>

The date for construction of a [[Howick house|round-house]] near [[Howick, Northumberland]] is calculated c. 7600 BC by [[radiocarbon dating]]. The site is believed to have been occupied for about 100 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/oldest_house_01.shtml |last=Richards |first=Julian |title=Britain's Oldest House? |work=BBC History |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>

The ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' fossil from [[Combe-Capelle]] in southern France, discovered in 1909, is estimated to be 9,500 years old (c. 7500 BC).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Almut |last2=Hublin |first2=Jean-Jacques |last3=Huels |first3=Matthias |last4=Terberger |first4=Thomas |title=The Homo aurignaciensis hauseri from Combe-Capelle – A Mesolithic burial |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=61 |issue=2 |date=2011 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Amsterdam |pages=211–214 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.03.001|pmid=21486678 |bibcode=2011JHumE..61..211H }}</ref>