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Geologists Find Where Some Stonehenge Rocks Came From, Debunking Old Research (cnn.com)

Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CNN: A team of 12 geologists and archaeologists from across the United Kingdom unveiled research this month that traces some of the prehistoric monument's smaller stones to two quarries in western Wales. The team also found evidence of prehistoric tools, stone wedges and digging activity in those quarries, tracing them to around 3000 BC, the era when Stonehenge's first stage was constructed. It's rock-solid evidence that humans were involved in moving these "bluestones" to where they sit today, a full 150 miles away, the researchers say. "It finally puts to rest long-standing arguments over whether the bluestones were moved by human agency or by glacial action," University of Southampton Archeology Professor Joshua Pollard said in an email. Slashdot reader schwit1 adds: "This leaves the question of how..."

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  1. Don't bother by youngone · · Score: 4, Funny

    TL;DR It was aliens

  2. Best option for shipping bluestones by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... whether the bluestones were moved by human agency ...

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
    1. Re:Best option for shipping bluestones by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... or by glacial action.

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  3. Re:Nonsense by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can think of a few uses for Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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  4. Re:Ummm ... by sml156 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The earth was flat 3000 tears ago.

  5. stonehenge, where the demons dwell by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought they were hewn into the living rock?