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8,500 years
- The oldest standing house in Northern Europe is at Knap of Howar, dating from 3500 BC. People lived in Scotland for at least 8,500 years before Britain's recorded history.
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People lived in Scotland for at least 8,500 years before Britain's recorded history. At times during the last interglacial period (130,000–70,000 BC) Europe had a climate warmer than today's, and early humans may have made their way to Scotland, with the possible discovery of pre-Ice Age axes on Orkney and mainland Scotland. [5]
In 1800, 17 per cent of people in Scotland lived in towns of more than 10,000 inhabitants. By 1850 it was 32 per cent and by 1900 it was 50 per cent. By 1900 one in three of the entire population were in the four cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Around 200 years ago 90% of Scotland’s population lived in the countryside; now 90% live in towns and cities.
Feb 13, 2013 · People have lived in Scotland for over 12,000 years, right back to prehistoric times. Discover the history that shaped us.
Table 1: Expectation of life, by sex and selected age, Scotland, 1861 to 2013 2) These figures have been extracted from complete ungraduated annual life tables prepared by the Government...
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Explore Scotland's lifetime of people, events, discoveries and turning points that not only changed the course of Scotland's history, but had an impact across the world. Explore our timeline
This timeline of prehistoric Scotland is a chronologically ordered list of important archaeological sites in Scotland and of major events affecting Scotland's human inhabitants and culture during the prehistoric period.
