Clive Gamble is an archaeologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton. He is currently a member of its Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins that he founded in 2001. His recent participation in the British Academy's Centenary Project brought together archaeologists and psychologists to research when hominin brains became human minds. The results are published in Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind (2014, with John Gowlett and Robin Dunbar). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is President of the Prehistoric Society and from 2010-2018 was a Trustee of the British Museum.

As Gamble reveals in this compelling report, instrumental photos and even the flint itself (unearthed in the Natural History Museum at his prompting) had been overlooked until recently. Here we can read about the event...the characters, their world and the subsequent debate, detailed day by day in the text and extensive footnotes and references. If only the archaeologists had written a best-selling book at the time. Fascinating.

• 1: The Time r=Revolutionaries of 1859 2: Discovery: The Day April 27th 1859 3: Presenting the Evidence: The Month, May to June 1859 4: Reception: The Year 1859-1860 5: Consolidation: The Decade Begins 1860-1863 6: Acceptance: The Decade Closes 1864-1872 7: A Legacy of Zeal and Perseverance 8: Afterword: The Stone That Shattered the Barrier of Time

Clive Gamble is an archaeologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton. He is currently a member of its Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins that he founded in 2001. His recent participation in the British Academy's Centenary Project brought together archaeologists and psychologists to research when hominin brains became human minds. The results are published in Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind (2014, with John Gowlett and Robin Dunbar). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is President of the Prehistoric Society and from 2010-2018 was a Trustee of the British Museum.

As Gamble reveals in this compelling report, instrumental photos and even the flint itself (unearthed in the Natural History Museum at his prompting) had been overlooked until recently. Here we can read about the event...the characters, their world and the subsequent debate, detailed day by day in the text and extensive footnotes and references. If only the archaeologists had written a best-selling book at the time. Fascinating.

• 1: The Time r=Revolutionaries of 1859 2: Discovery: The Day April 27th 1859 3: Presenting the Evidence: The Month, May to June 1859 4: Reception: The Year 1859-1860 5: Consolidation: The Decade Begins 1860-1863 6: Acceptance: The Decade Closes 1864-1872 7: A Legacy of Zeal and Perseverance 8: Afterword: The Stone That Shattered the Barrier of Time

Clive Gamble is an archaeologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton. He is currently a member of its Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins that he founded in 2001. His recent participation in the British Academy's Centenary Project brought together archaeologists and psychologists to research when hominin brains became human minds. The results are published in Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind (2014, with John Gowlett and Robin Dunbar). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is President of the Prehistoric Society and from 2010-2018 was a Trustee of the British Museum.

As Gamble reveals in this compelling report, instrumental photos and even the flint itself (unearthed in the Natural History Museum at his prompting) had been overlooked until recently. Here we can read about the event...the characters, their world and the subsequent debate, detailed day by day in the text and extensive footnotes and references. If only the archaeologists had written a best-selling book at the time. Fascinating.

• 1: The Time r=Revolutionaries of 1859 2: Discovery: The Day April 27th 1859 3: Presenting the Evidence: The Month, May to June 1859 4: Reception: The Year 1859-1860 5: Consolidation: The Decade Begins 1860-1863 6: Acceptance: The Decade Closes 1864-1872 7: A Legacy of Zeal and Perseverance 8: Afterword: The Stone That Shattered the Barrier of Time