US EditionA 5,000-Year-Old Cow Tooth Just Changed What We Know About Stonehenge
Lead isotope analysis of a 5,000-year-old cow tooth links Stonehenge's bluestones to Welsh quarries and suggests cattle may have aided their 125-mile transport, researchers say.
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Stonehenge mystery blown wide open as new evidence emerges into origins of ancient stones
New evidence has been discovered behind the origins of Stonehenge.A cow's tooth from a jawbone placed at the entrance to the monument nearly 5,000 years ago suggests the stones were brought some 125 miles from Wales to Salisbury Plain.Scientific analysis of the molar tooth showed the animal was born in Wales, supporting the theory that cows were used to move the enormous stones across the country. **ARE YOU READING THIS ON OUR APP? DOWNLOAD NOW …
A cow tooth found at Stonehenge could be evidence that it was the cows that helped transport the huge stones from Wales hundreds of kilometres away.
Scientists uncover secrets of Stonehenge’s mysterious cattle - British Geological Survey
The mysteries of Stonehenge have baffled scientists for centuries. In the 2010s, archaeologists and geologists identified two quarries in Wales as the sources of Stonehenge’s legendary standing bluestones. Now, new evidence published by scientists in August 2025 consolidates this connection. A century ago, in 1924, archaeologists discovered a cow’s jawbone that had been carefully placed beside Stonehenge’s south entrance and dated it to the monu…
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