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  • Cow's Tooth Strengthens Links Between Stonehenge and Southwest Wales

    08/28/2025 6:36:44 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | August 22, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    There are still many mysteries that surround Stonehenge, but one element that archaeologists generally agree upon is the origin of some of its monolithic stones. A study conducted in the 2010s indicated that the standing bluestones were quarried around 140 miles from the legendary monument, at two locations in Wales. According to a statement released by the British Geological Survey (BGS), new research has further strengthened the ties between Stonehenge and that region, and revealed how the megaliths were transported. During excavations at Stonehenge in 1924, archaeologists discovered a cow's jawbone near the south entrance, and dated it to the...
  • Scientists Uncover Ancient Ice Age Americans' Secret to Survival: Mammoths

    12/18/2024 6:06:04 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 73 replies
    SciTechDaily ^ | December 17, 2024 | University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Researchers found direct evidence that Clovis people relied heavily on mammoths for food, using isotopic analysis to confirm 40% of a Clovis mother's diet came from mammoths. The study highlights how hunting large animals supported the Clovis people's mobility and rapid spread, while also contributing to the extinction of Ice Age megafauna...The study, featured on the Dec. 4 cover of the journal Science Advances, employed stable isotope analysis to reconstruct the diet of the mother of an infant found at a 13,000-year-old Clovis burial site in Montana. Previously, researchers inferred prehistoric diets primarily through indirect evidence, such as stone tools...