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FULL INTERVIEW: New study suggests fresh theory into origin of Stonehenge - YouTube

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Australian researchers now suggest glaciers, not ancient builders, may have moved Stonehenge's massive stones — rewriting who deserves the credit for one of history's greatest feats.

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FULL INTERVIEW: New study suggests fresh theory into origin of Stonehenge - YouTube

Theory Briefing

  • A new study proposes glaciers transported Stonehenge's stones to their site, challenging the long-held belief in deliberate long-distance human hauling.
  • Australian researchers contributed to the findings, an unusual geographic twist in the centuries-old debate over one of Britain's greatest ancient mysteries.
  • If glaciers did the heavy lifting, the human achievement at Stonehenge shifts from transport to selection and arrangement of already-present stones.
  • The glacier theory competes with human-transport models that credit Neolithic people with moving multi-ton bluestones hundreds of miles from Wales.