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Posted on 05/20/2025 10:38:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In the windswept reaches of northern Scotland, where jagged cliffs meet the crashing waves of the Atlantic, a discovery has emerged that challenges long-held assumptions about human history at the icy edge of Europe.
Archaeologists have unearthed stone tools on the far northern coast of the Isle of Skye, suggesting that humans thrived at what was once considered the bleak and uninhabitable margin of the world during the final throes of the last Ice Age.
The study, published in The Journal of Quaternary Science, details the finding of Late Upper Paleolithic (LUP) tools at South Cuidrach on the Isle of Skye. These tools -- identified as likely belonging to the Ahrensburgian culture -- represent the most northerly evidence of human occupation in Britain from that period...
The Ahrensburgian culture, first identified in northern Germany, was previously known from sites on the European mainland and parts of southern Britain. It is dated to the latter part of the Younger Dryas, a brutal climatic snap-back between 12,900 and 11,700 years ago when glaciers surged back across parts of Europe, driving temperatures by up to 50°F in some regions...
Excavations at South Cuidrach revealed a trove of stone tools -- including tanged point fragments and expertly crafted blades -- made primarily from locally sourced baked mudstone.
While direct radiocarbon dating remains elusive for these artifacts, researchers say the technology and style are consistent with Ahrensburgian culture. This points to human presence either during or shortly after the glaciers began their rapid retreat around 11,600 years ago.
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Map of Scotland showing modern coastlines and the extent of the Loch Lomond Stadial (LLS) ice cover during the Younger Dryas, with LUP sites and artefact locations marked in red and hill-shaded topography for terrain detail.Image Source: Hardy, et al, Journal of Quaternary Science
Yeah, but were they black like the Swedes? /s
Bonnie Prince Charlie- the king over the water.
Bonnie? WTH?!? What was he, some kind of cross-dresser?!? ;^)
I recall reading that, after The '45 (1745 uprising, pron. "Farty Five"), the British crown banned the playing of the pipes, and the wearing of the kilt and bearing of the claymore for 35 years.
Tartans were being made and worn in central Asia a long, long time ago.
But are they human or Scots?
That’s the problem...
“suggesting that humans thrived at what was once considered the bleak and uninhabitable margin of the world during the final throes of the last Ice Age.”
Hunh...adaptability and survival skills. Imagine that.
[singing] the ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle...
Aw, shut ya gob! ;^)
Scots? Ah, the Bleaker People.
It means he was handsome….attractive looking
:^)
My ancestors came from the south end of the Isle of Skye, you know, the Scottish Hawaii. MacDonald of Sleat. Now it turns out there’s an excuse for a chip on our shoulder. It’s a stone chip from making tools. Per Mer Per Terra. We came over to Georgia ( basically sold into indenture by a British Judge) and were part of Oglethorpe’s Regiment of Foot. The 42nd Regiment of Foot. which became The 42nd Highland Regiment, Later Known as the Black Watch. So my ancestors had stones. Happy 250th to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. The answer is Scots trying hard to be human. Just understand they all will learn that red headed Scottish women are not to be trifled with. Note, my granddaughters have red hair.
I am redhead myself and come from a family of redheads.
As I have said before, “You know why redhead men don’t date redhead women...We know better”
All of us got redhead moms or sisters. We grown up knowing what to avoid...
Looks like my ancestors in Aberdeen rocked it in the snow and ice. Kudos!
Other than the fact that these prehistoric settlers weren’t Scots, yeah. :^) My Scots ancestors came from one of those islands, but the whole kit and kaboodle of came over from Ireland sometime in the 6th century.
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