revision preference src: 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. <SEP> tgt: At times during the last interglacial period (130,000 -- 70,000 BC) Europe had a climate warmer than today's. Early humans may have made their way to Scotland, with the possible discovery of pre-ice age axes on Orkney and mainland Scotland.