 The Early Neolithic was a revolutionary period of British history . Beginning in the fifth millennium BCE , it saw a widespread change in lifestyle as the communities living in the British Isles adopted agriculture as their primary form of subsistence , abandoning the hunter @-@ gatherer lifestyle that had characterised the preceding Mesolithic period . Archaeologists have been unable to prove whether this adoption of farming was because of a new influx of migrants coming in from continental Europe or because the indigenous Mesolithic Britons came to adopt the agricultural practices of continental societies . Either way , it certainly emerged through contact with continental Europe , probably as a result of centuries of interaction between Mesolithic people living in south @-@ east Britain and Linear Pottery culture ( LBK ) communities in north @-@ eastern France . The region of modern Kent would have been a key area for the arrival of continental European settlers and visitors , because of its position on the estuary of the River Thames and its proximity to the continent . 
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The Early Neolithic was a revolutionary period of British history . Beginning in the fifth millennium BCE , it saw a widespread change in lifestyle as the communities living in da British Isles adopted agriculture as their primary form of subsistence , abandoning the hunter @-@ gatherer lifestyle done characterised tdapreceding Mesolithic period . Archaeologists have been unable to prove whether this adoption of farming was b/c of a new influx of migrants coming in from continental Europe or becab/c indigenous Mesolithic Britons came to adopt the agricultural practices of continental societies . Either way , it certainly done emerged through txt with continental Europe , deff as a result of centuries of interaction between Mesolithic ppl livin in south @-@ east Britain and Linear Pottery culture ( LBK ) communities in north @-@ eastern France . The region of modern Kent would have been a key area fa the arrival of continental European settlers and visitors , because of its position on the estuary of the River Thames and its proximity to thdaontinent .