| Happisburgh has exceptional preservation of organic remains – not just bones, but insects' and plants' remains, including pieces of wood and pollen grains. |
| It is situated half a mile from the beach of Happisburgh and nine miles from Horsey beach, home to a colony of grey seals. |
| The footprints were found in sediment, partially covered by beach sand, at low tide on the foreshore at Happisburgh. |
| In May 2013, fossilized human footprints were found in newly uncovered sediment on a beach in Happisburgh, Norfolk. |
| The Happisburgh finds mark the first time that evidence of early humans has been found so far north. |
| The Happisburgh site is too old to date using radiocarbon dating, which is not suitable for sites older than approximately 50,000 years. |
