Scientists at the TNO research institute have identified flint tools found on Dutch soil dating back 370,000 years, the Telegraaf quotes popular science magazine NWT as saying.

Until now, scientists had indentifed the oldest Dutchmen as Neanderthals, who lived here between 250,000 and 300,000 years ago.
The flint scraps and hand-held axes may have been used by an ancestor of the Neanderthals, Homo heidelbergensis, the magazine says.