Scientists 'shocked' at new Stonehenge discovery | BBC News

[@spacelemming4493]

Friendly reminder there was no wales, Scotland and England 5,000 years ago only Celtic tribes and druids

[@JSE4]

It’s not about which country it came from. It’s the distance difference that is phenomenal!

[@booboo5413]

Ha I was just about to say that😂

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

There were no Druids.

[@johnbrereton5229]

There were no Celts here 5,000 years ago, the Celts came in the Iron age and its thought they killed the previous peoples who built Stonehenge.

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594]

​@@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo🤨 Dude...........dude seriously??? 🫣 Go look it up

[@seanposner8884]

the biggest and most remarkable discovery here is that this dude remembers being 1 year old.

[@katarzynaherman4814]

😂😂😂😂😂 making up. royals do so why not

[@gtmark1239]

I actually had a memory of being in my mother's arms going through a local grocer's check out line when I was less than 1 yr old. I recognized that grocer/ owner when I was 19 working at a Shop Rite across town when he was shopping the produce dept and he remembered my parents. Now the memory of his face has disappeared but the interaction has always confirmed what might have become a lost memory.

[@stephenking4170]

He looks older than 1 in the photo. Such young memories can be built on talks and dreams that become etched in one's early mind rather than reality. Some of my earliest memories are real memory and others from childhood I know were dreams, but so vivid they feel real. Others I can't say for sure.

[@gtmark1239]

@@stephenking4170 I understand what you are saying but I know from my experience that it is possible to have a memory from such an early age. I had proof at the age of 19. I am not saying that other possible memories might be from dreams or dream-like fantasies. I have also questioned some possible memories as such.

[@kurtgandenberger6139]

the more intelligent the adult the more they have memories of early childhood. i do remember beestings when i was 19 months. i was held in my mothers' arms and carried into the house and washed in the sink. 20 years later i related this story to my mother and she was shocked when i described the whole traumatic event. unfortunately, i do not remember many happy events even when i was 3.

[@Renard380]

It's not a loss for Wales. A discovery is a victory for everyone. We now know more about our ancestors and the monument has become a symbol of unity.

[@GAZ-TRX]

Not only is it not a loss for Wales there, it has been geologically proven that the blue stones came from Pembroke.

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

I agree, they chose a strange "angle" from which to present the story. As if they felt compelled to manufacture a negative side to an inherently positive story, and then add a clickbait title for some reason.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

This!

[@dkaminski6216]

You know that shows BBC narrative 🙄 😂

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

This just proves the laziness and inefficiency of these ancient peoples: Scotland is still all full of furshlugginer rocks, fer crying intha.

[@PAINFOOL13]

My fam visited Stone Henge in 1960, with no fences back then . Im 72 now and it still is a highlight in my memories

[@brazil-y2y]

yep and if you went in 1949 nothing to be seen. It was made in the 1950s

[@Sugarglidergirl101]

@@brazil-y2yuuhhh what?

[@PAINFOOL13]

@user-hx3ko7vj4y really .My father was an officer in the army, he saw it in 1945 while being stationed in the UK. He wanted his family to see it also . Your nutz

[@MrJrsdts]

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[@Future-Classic-Cars]

I don't know of any 72 year olds that say "fam" nor any that don't use full stops.

[@TonyWelch75]

He remembers being 1 years old, ffs I can’t remember where I was this lunch time

[@Younghead]

Exactly, He’s Trying To Outdo The New Stonehenge Discovery…!!

[@peacenluv2411]

,😅

[@bob-yd8xv]

​@@Younghead Or he just remembers it.. I have multiple memories from 1-2 years old.

[@Writeous0ne]

@@bob-yd8xv No you don't. You've been told stories or you've seen pictures. It's not a memory. Same as this guy on the news, he's seen that picture of him at stone henge and made a memory of the picture he doesn't really remember that far back.

[@alisonalexandratou8723]

We can remember things in our lives after approx. 4/5 years old. Nobody remembers stuff from 1 years old ffs !!!!

[@fredericksaxton3991]

It would be helpful if the big red banner across the screen was reduced in size a tad.

[@gee3883]

didnt notice it lol

[@TheVicar]

Its taken from a TV channel TVs tend to be bigger than most other screens

[@ChatGPT1111]

Why are you yelling?

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@TheVicar that would make absolutely no difference to the picture FFS LMAO

[@fredericksaxton3991]

@@ChatGPT1111 wot?

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

99/100 times a headline says everyone was shocked, not a single person was even remotely shocked.

[@wallylasd]

any headline that states scientists scared or everyone shocked are recycled stories full of bs.

[@Uploaderization]

That's quite shocking!

[@geoffdeputat4196]

this is pretty shocking to be honest considering how difficult it would have been for them to have transported the stone from scotland to southwest england. for anyone remotely interested in archaeology this is definitely a shocking discovery.

[@casedistorted]

When they say shocked or shocking, that just means it is interesting, since they have no really good stories anymore.

[@casedistorted]

@@geoffdeputat4196 It is cool but with enough time you can do anything. I am just curious in how many years it took.

[@MrJeffrey316]

So the overall message is that we still don't know anything about anything.

[@martinharris5017]

The take-away is that the beeb are idiots who don't do their research or ask simple questions.

[@geekygalaxy4307]

Postmodernism at its finest

[@johngore5127]

Hey, if we can build an entire dinosaur skeleton from a toe bone anything is possible,

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Freeing, isn't it?

[@warrenwalker8170]

as she said they were NOT English, Scottish and Welsh back then, so the whole little story about the Welsh being worried about some rock coming from Scotland is absolutely rubbish. Listen to the archaeologist don't put your little spin on it

[@craigr4763]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[@gehwissen3975]

The famous leader, found in the fantastically decorated tomb. Of course a **man** - until someone measured the hip bones some 50 years later. "Prejudices are stupid" 😂

[@cjhards]

Not buying into anything that comes from the scientific community. Absolute joke imo. 🍋

[@garyinspain]

England did exist then! i can clearly remember us losing on penalites in the world cup quarter finals in 3000BC.

[@coolmoon4382]

​@@cjhardsSO, who will you buy it from?.

[@david-spliso1928]

Most people don't know that many of the stones had fallen over and were propped back up in the 20th century across several preservation projects. If you look at paintings of Stonehenge from the 19th and 18th centuries you'll see a largely different layout, with so many stones collapsed and fallen over.

[@juliehilton1701]

I didn’t know that, thanks

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

Before they were all knocked over again by Clark Griswold in the mid 80s.

[@s0lephasr248]

Why don't they just build them all back? Restore them to former glory? It might help us understand it. Seems a shame to enjoy a ruin.

[@lemming9984]

Some were intentionally toppled into pits, fires built on them then cold water put on them to help them get smashed up. People in the 17th/18th century thought they were used for devil worship.

[@WHADATBOYNAMEIS]

@@s0lephasr248cuz it would just be a guess and therefore not accurate making it a pointless and expensive waste of time to deface an ancient marvel

[@Kingtrollface259]

this is like my grandad being proud of being Irish all his life ,then at 60 he finds out he's ,adopted,English and his real name is albert😂

[@HolloMatlala1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣. And his Lil brothers speak Cockney Rhyming Slang

[@adzm1987]

If he wants to be irish, we would be glad to have him!! 🍻 it's about what's in ye!!😂

[@7th.trumpet]

Abit like ex-footballer Tony Cascarino. Played for Ireland, then found out later in life he was adopted and had no Irish background ! 😂.

[@uksubversion]

Hilarious.

[@wor53lg50]

​​@@Kyteasahighespecially when you look like you pal... Which by the way you'll never be apart from something you can wipe your arse on..after all Irish was founded by ninjas the reason we get Tyrone yup..

[@Ztandard32]

The biggest mystery about Stonehenge is how English Heritage manages to make visiting it so complicated and bureaucratic. You have to order your ticket, then join a queue to collect it, then join another queue to check it, then join another queue for a bus when they make a big deal about checking again. I remember the good old days when you just bought a ticket and walked a few yards to see the stone. Better visit Avebury if you want to see older stones and get treated with respect.

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I googled Avebury and on its wikipedia page, I was puzzled that this monument seems to be in Germany. Then I looked again on the map and foud out that what I thought was a map of Germany is in fact a map of Wiltshire, they just have similar shapes.

[@Ztandard32]

@@samuela-aegisdottir lol. yes. i know what you mean, although perhaps the old West Germany. Avebury is a lot better than Stonehenge. You can still drive through the middle, you can touch the stones and it feels a lot more natural like it is part of the village, rather than a commercial tourist attraction. also it is older than Stone Henge, so it claims that title too.

[@tanamite]

The “irony” is that the co-author is a Scotsman and that the research is led by an Australian university. Pity the BBC only barely even mentioned the name of the university.

[@Intensive_Porpoises]

What could have been so important to get these disparate peoples to cooperate? 🤔

[@TheVigilantEye77]

@@tanamite BBC is shit

[@peterk2455]

'Stonehenge' was rebuilt in 1901, there are old photographs and a number of articles describing the work. As well as many written protests from outraged archaeologists. More work was carried out more work was carried out in 1919 and 1920, with the excavation of the Altar stone and re-erection of the Trilithon in 1958. Further 'restoration' was done in 1959 and 1964. Compare John Constable's 1835 painting of the Henge, with the way it now looks and the extent of the work becomes plain to see.

[@markwilkie3677]

@@peterk2455 Does Stonehenge visitors centre mention this?

[@fleatactical7390]

The BBC is useless.

[@steveurmah]

I just think it is so cool that there are people investigating things like that. Kudos to the curiosity of this chap!

[@kidwave1]

If your curious, do some research. Stonehenge is ENTIRELY FAKE! 5000 years old, ...wrong! What a joke. It was built in the early 1900's.

[@SonOfVulkan]

I live less than a mile from the stones, have done all my life. Once you walk around the area enough and visit all the barrows near the site, you realise how important this site has been for most of history

[@eco_logic]

did you feel the wind and energy during full moon and did you bring a gem stone and tried touching the main stone and felt the energy that wanted to pull you in and suck you into another time dimension?

[@SonOfVulkan]

@@eco_logic mmm nope 😅😅

[@twoalpha09]

I have been there more than 50 years a go and it is impressive thats for sure 🎉

[@SonOfVulkan]

@@eco_logic lol..thx

[@futurez12]

I went once. it's definitely the most disappointing famous landmark on the planet, without a doubt. I don't know what I was expecting, but it literally is just some random stones in a field. They aren't even that imposing, which is emphasised by being surrounded by so much flatland. There's little to no precision work with the stone itself, unlike what you find in Egypt; and there's too much weathering to even discern a true shape. They've also been restored and shifted around over the years, so who really knows what the original design looked like. And to top it off, you're not even allowed to get close enough to get a decent look the surface of them. Not that you'd really want to.

[@ElethuDuna]

That is one powerful memory, to remember back when you were 1.

[@keirthomas3197]

They found an IKEA instruction manual buried underneath, along with some spare bits.

[@colinstock325]

I was expecting a “made in China” label.

[@samsmom1491]

There is always an screw left over after construction and you hope that it wasn't meant for an important reason as to prevent collapse of whatever it was you were building.

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

@@samsmom1491 "You sure the screw wasn't important?" "Nah mate. No worries. This isn't going to topple. I bet ten thousand years in the future they will still enjoy our stone circle and the precarious tower we built next to it."

[@JamieMichael-s6o]

Not true

[@seigasuki]

But, but IKEA is swedish. 😂 Good one anyways. 😂

[@neuropsychologist]

Imagine the collaboration and motivation required to transport such a stone! Incredible.

[@D0naldTrump_maga]

they were carried by giants

[@markplain2555]

The Scots, Welsh and English collaborating?? You are right... incredible!

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Dudes will race each other to move that block. Jy stap net saam 'n lig niks Luigat

[@alessia0064]

@@D0naldTrump_maga or in a UFO

[@DonHavjuan]

​@@markplain2555especially when none of those people existed

[@Dan210871]

What they don't tell us is that it all started in a pub. Somebody said "I bet you that you can't drag that big rock all the way to a place that will someday be called Wales." and the answer to that was "Hold my mead!"

[@Ron-d2s]

Civilization started when some old guy said, "I'm tired of walking lets put one rock on top of another"

[@adeptusmagi]

@@Ron-d2s nah more like if I'm wandering around i cant brew up this new beer stuff from the grains so i think I'm going to keep my herds here harvest the grains for bread and some beer and have a drink every night before I go to bed ! fact the brewing of beer date wise coincides with people settling down including the malting floor marks found inside some of the structures.

[@artboxfashion4042]

I heard Robin Williams in my head doing his Scottish bit 😂

[@Dan210871]

@@Ron-d2s You have to give me a warning before posting comments like that one, so I don't drink coffee right before reading it. Now I need a new keyboard...

[@Ron-d2s]

@@Dan210871 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣

[@EAGLEBLACKInquisido]

The fact that it came from that region does not necessarily means that humans transported it there during Stonehenge's construction; it could have ended in the "local" region thousands or millions of years ago before that due to Geological events and then transported from much closer; or even have a similar composition from the forming years of those regions (it's not like they are continents apart) after the Pangea. Impressive discovery still, informative, just let's avoid basing all theories in the pre-notion that it must have been transported there by humans of that time, as that is in itself it's own speculation.

[@janhemmer8181]

Here in the Netherlands, in Drente we have our "Hunebedden" made from huge stones, transported by the glaciers of the ice ages, all the way from Scandinavia. Why would that be different in the UK?

[@Kaotiqua]

@@janhemmer8181 Exactly my thought. It's one thing to assume that stones were moved from a known quarry up the side of a mountain by ancient peoples (as in the case of many South American megalithic sites.) But here, glaciation and/or cataclysmic flooding seems far more likely.

[@mr.piechipsandbakedbeans7967]

This discovery is pretty amazing and changes a lot of what we thought we knew about Stonehenge. If the Altar Stone actually came from the north of Scotland instead of south-west Wales, it means people back then went to incredible lengths to bring it all the way to what is now south-west England. That’s over 700 kilometers! It shows that building Stonehenge involved much more cooperation and effort than we realised. It also suggests that Neolithic Britain was more advanced and connected than we used to think, with communities working together across long distances to create something truly remarkable.

[@FMFGUF]

Perhaps they had some very mighty Jocks back in the day who were able to caber-toss them that far!

[@robertpendzick9250]

Ah, if only it was such now.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

You don't seriously believe that the chunk was transported over land?

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

The expert being interviewed said that the Neolithic people were just as smart as us, only they used different technology. It occurred to me that at least some of them were actually smarter than us, because they figured out how to move these enormous stones long distances using only Neolithic technology, and we still have not figured out how they did it.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@MyFiddlePlayer Sweety... They put that thing, on a boat, to bring it south. That's all... I would guess, in the whole action, where little more than 100 people involved...

[@kobusvanrensburg4092]

I remember my first visit to Stonehenge. My dad was 6 at the time.

[@jonatkinsonriver1]

I was 7 actually, though it’s good to see you commenting here son.

[@OneCatShortOfCrazy]

👍😂 Thank you!

[@MrAquilina420]

🧢

[@anupsharma6371]

😂

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

I remember my first visit to Stonehenge. I was pushing a huge stone across rolling logs as some guy hit me with his whip. Good times.

[@jeanlefranc3817]

I think it’s quite simple : Stonehenge management issued a specific tender for the altar stone, and Scotland had the best bid. That’s it.

[@tomr200199]

Oh right, simple as that? On like Facebook or something maybe? Your comment is a joke right? I need to check.

[@petermurphy9860]

Don't be silly ​@@tomr200199, it would have been Faceslate back then

[@andrewg.carvill4596]

Transport contract awarded to an Irish firm based in the Isle of Man - and no, I'm not joking!

[@theotherandrew5540]

Thank the gods for good stone age accounting.

[@BanjoPixelSnack]

Nah, secret handshake and brown envelope more like!

[@cygnusprime6728]

You remember being a 1 year old staring at Stonehenge bro? 😂

[@rutgervandesteeg]

yea what a load of BS. Infantile amnesia is real. He just made it up in his head after seeing the photos maybe a couple years after.

[@MoneySavingVideos]

Scotland wants their stone returned ASAP.

[@TT-fq7pl]

Why? It's too big for curling.

[@colinjames2469]

@@TT-fq7pl whooosh

[@davedavis6087]

I did wonder if the Scottish might want it back x

[@whyis45stillalive]

I see what you did there. 😉

[@VickersDoorter]

Particularly if it was from Elgin.

[@TheMonkeydood]

I'm more impressed the guy has memories from being a 1 year old

[@Marty_Wanlass]

From the pic of him on his father's shoulders, he looks more about 1 1/2. The picture would help keep a memory alive, if not surplant it.

[@biadhoce]

Some people can't remember their childhood, some people remember pieces, some people remember absolutely everything outside the monotonous. I'm in my thirties and have pieces of memories from that age. I can remember pushing a giant thomas the tank engine thing through a massive hallway with a red carpet. That was me at 1, leaning on a thomas the tank engine thing to learn to walk as I pushed it through the lounge room. If your parents made your early years fun and enjoyable, there's a chance you'll remember lots of it.

[@titaniumquarrion9838]

While not impossible in this case I’d suggest he has formed memories based of the photo which showed exactly what he described. In short he didn’t remember it. Rather his subsequent visits coupled with that photo allowed him to create a false first person view memory of the initial visit.

[@Wockes]

@@titaniumquarrion9838 I had the same, I thought I remembered a bunch of stuff until my parents showed me the old movies of me. Turned out I had watched them and the memories was from me watching them at a young age. My oldest memories not recorded are from around 2,5-4 years old. And they only exist because I brought them up a few times after we moved when I was 4-5 and I felt homesick.

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

@@titaniumquarrion9838😂😂😂 lol you’re everywhere “suggesting” this, not sure why you’re so obsessed pushing your speculation on people.

[@HotdogWithAFace]

I'm Scottish and proud, but I hold heartedly say I am not one of the Scots taking pride that this is from Scotland. There was only incredible people with incredible endurance, incredible abilities to survive the elements and challenges that one would not even think of today, and incredible beliefs. Wherever it's from, it's still amazing. And for me, it's the distance the stone was transported that makes this discovery and monument even more intriguing, not what 'country' it came from.

[@rossmacnab2655]

As a fellow proud Scotsman I agree, but being a proud Scotsman I also have to say Skara Brae in the Orkneys is older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge but,*in my Michael Cain voice* "Notta lotta ppl know dat"😅💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@spanishpeaches2930]

I'm English and not proud..always a chippy expression, i think. Just English and fine with it, that's all.

[@thiefofa1073]

I'm Celtic, pagan and proud and glad to hear the stone was from the ancient north lands. In truth we ran out of stones from Wales and had to outsource it to our pathfinders and they found one further up the highlands... Jokes aside, this would be accurate if say the stone was produced and transported in the 6th century (where the beginnings of 'Scotland' started in Dai Rata), but we're talking about 5000+ years ago when most of the lands were Celtic pre-pagan tribes and villages.

[@MrJrsdts]

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[@farmgal77]

*wholeheartedly 😉☺️

[@DB57RB]

Save the indigenous peoples of the UK

[@viewerx1980]

You mean the Neanderthals whose DNA is still carried by all native northern Europeans.

[@versioncity1]

who are the indigenous people?

[@juliaj7939]

@@versioncity1 British people are the indigenous people of Britain.

[@frostriver4547]

From the ruling class

[@Doublejho]

@@versioncity1 you'd assume it's the descendents of the celts and picts

[@tonybrantley]

How can people still think that people thousands of years ago were Primitive?

[@louseveryann2181]

Poor you

[@HarshDude126]

They're not primitive because... they moved some rocks? Okay, high bar you got there, bud.

[@Jasmin.M-hz5ty]

Their is one very special truth about Stongehenge,wich says.That Stongehenge was builded by the slavs,as solar calendar,on same parallel as Arkaim.And this is just one truth,wich western,and nordic academia,are trying to falsefy.And even so if slavs never did builded Stongehenge,their are other parts of slavic culture in britain.So let's ask real question,wich is.Why nobody talks about slavs,and 7532 years long slavic influence on europes cultural and historical development?

[@louseveryann2181]

@@Jasmin.M-hz5ty poor you

[@phantomopera2012]

@@HarshDude126they had high technology with help from the fallen angels wake up dude

[@harrylong2796]

This is really actually quite heartwarming, that everyone on this island from different tribes and clans came together way down in the south to create a shared place of worship

[@ezriderzzr7104]

Nobody knows if it was a place of worship, it could have been a place of killing, although the two do go hand in hand.

[@theohyeahkid8500]

@@ezriderzzr7104very few human remains have been found on the henge site. It certainly wasn’t a sacrificial site. More likely to be a Neolithic monument or calendar.

[@IIISentorIII]

It was a official public toilet, the first and last of its kind.

[@ezriderzzr7104]

@@theohyeahkid8500 The point being it may well have been a sacrificial sight, the fact there are very few remains means very little, people were known to take remains and wear them as a symbol of whatever their preferred fairy story happened to be at the time.

[@NoahEvers-]

@@ezriderzzr7104or a gift shop 🤷🏽

[@SketchbookSessions]

I still remember being there when I was just one day old. It was incredible. I could barely open my eyes but I saw the stones. Good times

[@andrewjackson9697]

It's another "Come Together" story. How marvelous.

[@andyxox4168]

I’m calling bullshit on a 1 year old remembering a trip to Stonehenge!

[@neverbob4206]

Maybe not I'm 65 and have memories from as early as two and a half.

[@User2024-dx6eh]

It’s photos that reinforced his memory

[@just-gaming213]

​@@neverbob4206there's a HUGE difference in the brain of a 1yo and a 2.5yo. Remembering as a 2.5yo is remarkable, as a 1 year old it's actually impossible.

[@just-gaming213]

​@@neverbob4206fake/false memories are also a known thing, this guy was probably told about going when he was a little older then his brain fabricated the experience.

[@voirworks6002]

Maybe he doesn’t have kids of his own to realize how unbelievable his statement is.

[@jkwly7012]

"he still remembers being brought to the site as a one-year-old"...

[@BarryBollox.]

Aye . I can barely remember things form the age of 5.

[@tokyomilmil]

Still possible. C’mon! It’s not some boring random memory. It’s the SIGHT of the STOGEHENGE. For holy’s sake ppl!!!

[@rars0n]

@@tokyomilmil No, it's not possible. Literally, it's impossible.

[@Styles1991]

I remember things from age 2. But age 1 is crazy. It’s definitely possible for someone with a bright mind. People who are breast fed their brains develop faster.

[@FoxExcess]

@@rars0n It is possible. I have one memory from around a year and a half old, and more at 2 years old. I never understood the kids who said they couldn't remember before they were 4, always found that bizarre. It's not possible, FOR YOU. But for others it is.

[@HansMilling]

All stones in Denmark, where I live, was transported by the ice during the last ice age. We have some massive stones that originate from Sweden. So perhaps the same thing happened to this stone?

[@mauricehodgson3143]

Makes sense

[@alisonbrown7957]

That's actually been rejected by the scientists in this situation.

[@gagelemaster2775]

That's what I was thinking, glacial deposits that just happen to be massive ass stones instead of gold flakes and pebbles lol

[@hertor8803]

Glaciers never made it this far south, they only ever reached the north of England so at best it would have only shortened the journey a bit. We also know that they manually transported stones from Wales so moving large stones over long distances was obviously something they were doing. What I'm intrigued about is whether a tribe in the north brought the stone down and then returned home or whether a tribe in the south went and got it or if it was just one tribe travelling around Britain and collecting stones as they went! Will probably never have an answer to that.

[@ronald3836]

I googled a bit and that is indeed a theory. I would say it is almost certainly the explanation.

[@IlacquaShaun]

Great job on the video! It was highly engaging.

[@embreis2257]

2:08 'and presumably it wasn't just a matter of engineering. there must have been some sort of social cohesion for the Scots _and the Welsh and the English_ all to work together.' 🙄 the Welsh or the English? 5,000yrs ago? there were no English and the Welsh weren't 'welsh' but the natives to the land. the land was settled by neolithic people we probably can't call Celtic or Picts yet. this neolithic population had more in common with earliest farming communities in Anatolia, indicating that a major migration accompanied farming. 90% of Britain's neolithic ancestry was replaced during the Bronze age and _Bell Beaker_ culture. now we can start to talk about Celts etc. a BBC reporter should know at least some basics. 5,000yrs ago the necessary 'social cohesion' to bring a large stone from northern Scotland to the south of England required a lot of effort but certainly not along the lines of much more modern cultural boundaries between Scots, Welsh and English. what an absurd notion. 🤭

[@arostwocents]

It just suggests trade existed which is blatantly obvious and well known. I think we can trade within our island when others had trade routes cross continent 😂 to try to apply woke stuff to it is hilarious 😂 I guess there was a lot of social cohesion between the British and Africans as we worked together to grow cotton in the new world 😂

[@Brazen1234]

exactly... we need to ban stones.

[@Dreyno]

It’s subliminal messaging about preserving the Union. It’s also complete bollocks.

[@thejoin4687]

"It wasn't just a matter of engineering; Downing Street had to coordinate with..."

[@synchro-dentally1965]

There may have been more land then too and thus less conflict between tribes.

[@chwb31]

From the Guardian, KZbin and Wikipedia: In the 100 years between 2600BC and 2500BC Orkney Neolithic religious sites declined owing to climate change. Orkney had been the epicentre of religious Britain but after 2600BC Stonehenge took on the role. The Neolithic early farmer religion centred around megalith building and had done so for millennia going back long before 4300BC when the first Neolithic farmers came to Britain bringing their families, cattle, sheep and pigs with them on boats. When the Orkney megalith builders arrived at Stonehenge in 2600BC they brought everything with them. There is evidence of huge feasting on the animals they brought with them at Durrington Walls. The large Sarsen stones were put in place by these people in the two centuries after arrival. Bringing the Altar stone with them from Orkney and installing it at Stonehenge was well within thier capabilities. The ancestors of these people had been hauling giant stones about for millennia and had been sailing in British and French waters with them since at least 4300BC. Being from the New Stone Age, Neolithic, they were highly skilled in everything related to stone work from procurement to engineering and installation. I don’t think this discovery alters our understanding of connections between Neolithic communities but it probably does show that certain stones became so important to communities that it was worth lugging them to a new home wherever that was.

[@legrandmaitre7112]

Do you think it's possible that descendants of these Orcadian people might still exist in Wiltshire? I noticed somebody else on here saying they had centuries old Wiltshire ancestry but their maternal DNA was Orcadian. I'd love to know.

[@sallyeames1682]

Thank you! I was going to say something similar and add that the oldest known stone circle (possibly the first) still stands in Orkney. A stone from there would probably be incredibly sacred for the builders of Stonehenge.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@legrandmaitre7112 Given the well known Cheddar Gorge inhabitant has descendants still living in the area there's a very good chance of it.

[@chwb31]

@@legrandmaitre7112 If you look at Dan Davies ‘The rise and fall of Neolithic Britain’ the early farmers came in after 4300BC and spread up the coast of Britain. On the way many settlements were created. All of these people were probably related in some way and would, in essence, define what is meant by ‘British Early Farmer DNA’. As for Orcadian early farmer DNA, I don’t know how different it would be from general British Early Farmer DNA. I guess, after millennia, it would be different. Anyway, when these people came to Stonehenge, they would have integrated and added their DNA to the local population. Much later, the CordedWare people of Yamnaya origin arrived and their paternal DNA swiftly replaced the local Early Farmer Paternal DNA. All that was left was the Maternal Early Farmer DNA from the original population some of which may have been identifiable as of Orcadian origin. In my view, given that during the medieval period mobility of serfs was repressed and, even in my childhood, we regarded people from neighbouring villages as foreign, I’d say it is highly likely that some of the Orcadian maternal DNA still exists in the local population. I’d start with the girl who calmly wandered across to the recent orange spray activists and took the paint away from them.

[@MikeAhern-199]

(owing to climate change. ) Wait! You mean it's been happening before Greta Thunberg was born?

[@Fyzzy4life]

There was no Scottish, Welsh or English people back when Stonehenge was built. For some random facts: The identity of the people who built Stonehenge is unclear, but many historians and archaeologists believe that multiple groups contributed to the site over a period of more than 1,500 years, ranging 3100 BC to 1600 BC (Long before even the Saxons are mentioned to exist, less alone the Anglo Saxons and later on the English): -Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers Archaeological evidence suggests that these people may have made the first modifications to the site. -Neolithic agrarians These people, who may have been indigenous to the British Isles, are thought to have completed the first stage of construction. -Groups with more advanced tools These groups may have left their mark on the site later, and some believe they were immigrants from Europe, while others think they were native Britons. Putting this here in case anyone is interested

[@asinglemaleinuk]

Speak for yourself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡👍

[@somethingrandom1087]

@@asinglemaleinuk nah 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💅

[@subraxas]

None of the Humans on the British Isles were "natives" nor "indigenous", since Homo Sapiens did not evolve here. All Humans have ultimately been "immigrants" in here. Or in other words, "an invasive species". So it is rather a question of who was here first. .... And that's it.

[@khornelor6]

It was john cena

[@cr4zyj4m1e87]

Did you see him?​@@khornelor6

[@Toekneepowers]

What we do “know” is that the source of the stones were “probably” transported from elsewhere.

[@onesong2001]

BBC journalism at its finest. I say that with sincerity.

[@VideoStar-nw3mh]

Yep great discovery super exciting…

[@Billmull8622]

From Scotland, did you miss that? Lol

[@martinharris5017]

Transported as erratic boulders by glacial action during the ice age.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

So at least some of the ancient people of these islands understood the huge value of cooperation. Many people nowadays could do with learning from that example.

[@Ronnet]

That's speculative. Maybe there was a great war and the south won. They enslaved all the northerners and forced them to move their priced stone to the ceremonial grounds of the southerners.

[@ChrisM541]

...unless that "cooperation" was at the end of a spear?

[@TR4zest]

Collaboration, building Stonehenge together, perhaps.

[@iinc6290]

​@@ChrisM541 Nah the Welsh and Scots were fairly peaceful relative to the rest of the world before the fire nation attacked, also known to be highly collaborative for the most part, probably because they're both cursed to living on a relatively resource-free island. I mean not that any history of any group is perfect or without bloodshed... again just relative to the time and the conditions.

[@Kaotiqua]

@@ChrisM541 Or, y'know... GLACIERS. Just sayin'.

[@desertrat77]

I count myself very fortunate that I actually got to see Stonehenge once. No, there's nothing magical or mystical about it but it's still amazing to stand and look at something so old.

[@kempedkemp]

The old glacial area that I live in on Lake Ontario near the St. Lawrence and many other rivers, has unbelievably old rocks of every kind. There is an awesomeness to the large rock formations east of the Adirondacks.

[@Erichev]

Did you go before they roped it all off? I felt like I was still in the bus parking lot when I got up the the stones.

[@desertrat77]

@@Erichev My understanding is that they only open it once, maybe twice a year. And apparently that is so a Druid cult can go in and practice their creepy rituals.

[@cleopatracatra2097]

@@Erichev Yes, I was very disappointed at that. I was hoping there would be some vibes coming off of it but there was nothing. A long bus ride from London and all I have to remember it is a tee shirt and a postcard.

[@mjinba07]

@@kempedkemp I think there's an archeologically controversial theory that the bluestones of Stonehenge were transported by glaciers, and it's not a stretch to imagine that the Stonehenge builders might have recognized a uniqueness in them and put that to use.

[@biddyboy1570]

The top bit is a deep fried Mars Bar.

[@danielmartin7838]

I miss Mars bars…here where i am in the U.S. they have not sold em for many moons

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

So Martians were cooperating too 😮

[@TylerD288]

Mars bar?? That's like, from the 80's, man! Do you also have the 100 Grand candy bar?

[@Inaflap]

@@kaushalsuvarna5156 Ancient alien theorists believe so.

[@deanhoward4128]

Nessie helped carry the stone over Hadrian's wall down to Stonehenge!

[@jf1341]

Which makes Stonehenge the oldest and most British monument ever, having come from every part of the union!

[@aleccap5946]

No, older constructions have been discovered Wooden Henge is thought to be 4.5 thousand years old

[@jimferry6539]

They used to say it was Neolithic hunters from Brittany or France that built it. Can’t find any info on that anymore

[@embreis2257]

@@aleccap5946 maybe you got that age wrong. the earliest parts of Stonehenge date from around 3,100 BCE and the youngest from around 1,600 BCE.

[@aleccap5946]

@embreis2257 you can't date stone giving a human term of time, only things like wood, leather, steel, pots and so on. Stone is millions, often hundreds of millions of years old

[@John-rr9nq]

Calanais stones in Scotland are the oldest

[@Jrel]

Stonehenge was our ancestors' first version of LEGOs.

[@mysticjen379]

🤣

[@mikemondano3624]

It's hard to believe someone who "remembers" his visit at 1-year-old.

[@earlaagaard8175]

I think he remembers looking at the photographs and listening to his parents tell about it......

[@Betty-qz5zd]

People are different. I have friends who can't remember when they were 10. I can remember when I was 2.

[@metriczeppelin]

I'm so "shocked" I may quit my job and move into a monastery. Is anyone else shocked??

[@JasonLucchesi-i8p]

oh man! I remember being there when I was 6 months old. Just like it was yesterday.

[@rowanrobbins]

Oh, stop

[@SkandalouzStyle]

Why does the BBC make these news reports sound so infantile?

[@hfvhf987]

Unfortunately they know their main demographic. Meanwhile the rest of us find it insufferable.

[@stracepipe]

Because most BBC staff are Oxbridge Arts graduates who haven't got a science O level or GCSE between them.

[@Bazravish69]

If you can’t answer that question for yourself, that’s your answer.

[@marknewellmusic]

Cuz it's a 'Ring and that's who the BBC want to appeal to 😂

[@SkandalouzStyle]

@@marknewellmusic I think it's because the people in this country would rather pretend everything is sunshine lollipops and rainbows when they know damn well it isn't. They always have to bring in some sh it about ive got no dad, I've got a single mother, blah blah blah blah blah I thought this was about Stonehenge. Let's all cry and hug....

[@The-R-Evolution]

There was no England, Wales or Scotland when Stonehenge was made. Why jabber about national prides in a bygone time when people, apparently, were more united and sensible than now?

[@freewheeler8924]

Yeah, and now the Scots are going to demand it back. They're like that - real tight-arses.

[@Weez-st7td]

lol that's a fantasy. people were as tribal then as a they are now, if not more so. your tribe was literally the only thing that kept you alive. it made sense to stick to your own people. stop talking kumbaya rubbish.

[@battlecat6766]

I think it shows how collaborative it must’ve been it’s a huge task so many people from each of the areas probably worked together and I like that

[@tothelighthouse9843]

Imagine, that stone had such immense meaning & importance to the people who used Stonehenge that they spent untold human capacity on bringing it all the way from the Orkneys. That stone must've had almost unimaginable power & significance.

[@mrgclough]

That's all that makes sense. The transport isn't so amazing as the why. Ancient peoples were just as smart and often a good bit more imaginative than the wad of people today. But yes, to justify that effort it had to be borrowing something powerful from what it came from. And that implies a network of at least knowledge of special powerful places, at least through Britain. It's not unlike bringing a piece of some edifice to be used in a new related one today. Or even the significance of a flame joining one Olympiad to another. I suppose one would have to also consider a people moving south and going back for their holy altar stone. All of that speaks to specialists who knitted together society. Or perhaps a holy man was charged with a sort of grail quest to go out and find a source of power, and this is what he came back to report finding. Or was it a gift of northern peoples? It would be interesting if a local stone was found to have been taken to Scotland. Now that would be some powerful affinity if people traded massive stones.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

@@mrgclough Wonderful comment. I marvel at the why, tbh. Any nearby stone could've served...but they knew it had to be this one, that required hauling 500 miles as the crow flies. So it seems the stone's immense significance must be an INVISIBLE significance, ie the stone has spiritual or narrative meaning rather than a stone-specific practical use. It's possible this stone had already been a community member for generations in the North, set in its own little Stonehenge. Protecting the community, marking the seasons of planting & harvest, hibernation & rebirth. Serving as a literal touchstone that held & unlocked--& holds & still unlocks!--stories of the past & future. Immense invisible undertakings for a stone. But whatever invisible role the stone had, it did it with such success it was hauled south to continue its calling there. It definitely speaks to networks, both visible & invisible. Amazing how this single bit of information expands our ideas about Stonehenge & our ancestors. Unfortunately so much of history is invisible to us because we've lost not only the old stories, but the ability to see & understand the old stories.

[@TitusVI]

@@mrgclough Maybe there was a druid like a rock star that everyone loved. One day the druid says that all tribes have to bring one giant stone to this place or their families will be cursed. something like that.

[@snarkfinder2621]

@@mrgclough I think that you may have partially given another theory for the 'why?' Could it be that the people in the North-East had to leave their homes for some reason and took their holy stone with them. Could they have wandered around Britain for some time before deciding that the Stonehenge site was the fitting place for it?

[@TheVideoLounge]

​@@mrgclough Or....the altar stone was a sacrificial block, used originally at a henge on the Orkney islands and taken by an invading tribe. Transported by the defeated tribe to the site at Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, where human sacrifices were also commonly made, and where the remaining of the defeated tribe were then ritually slaughtered on the very stone that they were forced to have taken there.

[@1414141x]

There were probably tribes back then but no Scotland and Wales and England. What is fascinating is how and why it was decided to bring a six Ton rock from Scotland. How it was organised and achieved. It must have been a huge task and involved a lot of co-operation between Tribal people. Sadly it is probable that we will never fully understand what was the social relationships between the people of those times. But it suggests there was certainly some form of co-operation between them.

[@thebigo2605]

It was aliens..... definitely aliens.

[@lesglover9353]

Pickfords😉

[@John-rr9nq]

@@lesglover9353😂👍

[@andreeaalexandru7811]

Only if you try to see it from the lens of Neo-Marxism, was it social cooperation. In reality, it was probably something to do with the lack of it and the abundance of abuse, control and slavery that was going on back then in the whole world.

[@PhilipHaseldine]

yes there were tribes

[@Pestopasti]

In the netherlands we also have a stonehenge just like this, curious if theres also a connection between them

[@alisonstewart6512]

Stonehenge is beyond fascinating to me. It is mysterious, fascinating, amazing and we will probably never understand.

[@bklynmyke]

Say what you want, but remembering your dad bringing you somewhere, anywhere, when you were a 1 year old is amazingly impressive. Do a lot of people remember things from when they were one? I certainly don't know anyone who does. That might be more impressive than Stonehenge itself!

[@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight]

I remember things from when I was one year old, even from when I was a baby. Stuff that there are no pictures of.

[@gordonstewart5774]

@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight Same with me and my daughter.

[@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight]

@@gordonstewart5774 Do you and your daughter have the RH Negative blood type too? We're a bit...different...

[@gordonstewart5774]

@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight A positive, but it is genetic. I'm just finishing my 2nd 150+ page book on my world during the first 14 years - only the selected stories worth repeating.

[@DonHavjuan]

Nobody remembers anything from that age. These are constructed false memories. The science on this is very clear.

[@cloudbloom]

I read the book Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell a few years ago, it's an excellent historical fiction account of the people during that time

[@illegalopinions4082]

Cornwell's such a good writer. I really liked his Sharpe series

[@cloudbloom]

@@illegalopinions4082 he's great, I also read his viking series The Last Kingdom it was really good

[@tbone2471]

@@illegalopinions4082 Azincourt is a good read.

[@John-rr9nq]

Did he guess some of the stones had came from far northern Scotland in the book

[@BillSikes.]

@@cloudbloom I read "Stig of the Dump" recently, a wonderful story even if it is for kids

[@kerbal666]

For a minute there I thought they were going to say Africa

[@heloneida.Toronto]

but the stone is neither gold nor diamond, right?!!😬

[@kerbal666]

@@heloneida.Toronto Huh?

[@onesong2001]

The moon

[@jamesjdh6787]

give it a few years.

[@paulb17110]

yep well this pretty much eliminates that theory so let's see the mental gymnastics used to get around this one by the wokies

[@lona9993]

It's remarkable how he remembers what he did as a one year old. What a guy!

[@beecnul8r]

Well, as my cow always moo's, "it's udderly amazing".

[@Tom_Hadler]

"I'm shocked, SHOCKED!! Well, not that shocked"

[@RobSoap-i7t]

😂

[@janitoalevic]

U wot m8?! Innit?!

[@Oct14cya]

“Honey I got the altar stone from Wales.” “Did I say I wanted the stone from Wales! I said Scotland! Get me the stone from Scotland! Now!” “Yes dear.”

[@waffenhirn]

Every men who is married...🫡

[@brentiers]

I have never seen two people struggle so hard to walk naturally in my life.

[@simonestreeter1518]

I noticed the same thing.

[@cantbants]

0:50 - I doubt he remembers it, he just has a photo of him being there when he was there as a baby.

[@KVT98]

Don't state the obvious 🫣😅

[@pinchebruha405]

Uhm nope, my brother and I both scare our mom with how much we remember from less than a year old. So you know visual memory is the strongest memory a person can have. I’ve drawn pictures for my mom and she freaks out saying no way you could’ve remembered that!

[@HenryShotter]

Not smoking enough weed if you can remember past an hour ago

[@abmong]

I believe him, I have memories of when I was one year old leaning up against the wall looking down the stairs. Some people just have good memory.

[@Intelligence_Failure]

apparently that is a thing. but most people's earliest long term memories are from around age 3.

[@DibeezyTheGifted]

He remembers going when he was 1? Wow he must have the best memory in the history of man.

[@Sylkis89]

Technically some people do remember even their infancy - quite literally. Especially if they have eidetic memory and/or hyperthymesia. It's incredibly rare though of course. So as unlikely as it may seem, it's not impossible. But then again, they would probably state it overtly if that were the case to make this story seem even more unique and interesting.

[@DonHavjuan]

​@@Sylkis89no. It is not possible to remember anything from that age. These are false memories constructed later. The Science is unequivocal on this.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

Early Alzheimer’s onset - you can remember things from years ago, but not what you did yesterday 😉

[@tooflesstesla]

The only 'shocking' news is that "he remembered" visiting Stonehenge as a one-year-old. Also, the spin of the story implying allegiance to one country over another is nonsense. Science has no allegiance, and if the discoverer believes no one from Wales "will ever talk to him again" then his objectivity has been severely impacted by the journalist's spin.

[@hrushikeshj8810]

Haha I found the "he remembered" part ridiculous as well. I think the scientist was merely being polite to the interviewer. It was such a silly question. I mean the main question would have been - why did they bring the stone down to Stonehenge in the first place ? What are the theories behind that? "

[@Sylkis89]

Technically some people do remember even their infancy - quite literally. Especially if they have eidetic memory and/or hyperthymesia. It's incredibly rare though of course. So as unlikely as it may seem, it's not impossible. But then again, they would probably state it overtly if that were the case to make this story seem even more unique and interesting.

[@DonHavjuan]

​​@@Sylkis89It is not possible to remember anything from that age. These are false memories constructed later. Eidetic memory has nothing to do with it - it's a question of human brain development.

[@edwardjantyndorf4174]

It is a British monument, truly.

[@shanemcfadden6427]

I've heard that this is one of the worst tourist traps in the world. Very small, surrounded by highways, and you're not even allowed to approach it. Mount Rushmore is even worse imo.

[@ShawnsterVideos]

Rushmore is an environmental disaster. The visitor center is the real tourist trap. Plus, the Chief Crazy Horse monument, in is an even larger destruction of Thunderhead Mountain depicting the Chief riding his horse; as if saying "Fuck You" to the white presidents' sculptures.

[@starflyer3219]

It is definitely a fine experience. The stones themselves are the least interesting part. It's the whole surrounding, neolithoc landscape that is the most fascinating bit. Like the gigant old road - The Avenue - that leads up to Stonehenge, the surrounding "ditch", once a white circle of chalk encompassing the site. Or the long barrows on the surrounding hills: elongated mounds, graves of old. There is also the nearby Woodhenge. If you read up on the site you will get much more out of your visit. 😊

[@l0I0I0I0]

They just slid it on ice. Easy peasy!

[@MacksCurley]

and it is down hill all the way.

[@l0I0I0I0]

...so they rode the rock downhill to stonehenge or did the rock just slide by itself? lol

[@zombiesithblade1579]

I am extremely surprised that they didn't fall through the ice. Wonder how many of them drown getting it there.

[@EvilWiffles]

They drove it. Good old days.

[@teppo9585]

If it was done 5000 years ago, the Earth was much warmer then according to ice core data, so that´s probably not it.

[@ranse15]

It wasn't transported. The central alter stone was likely already there, and the henge was built around it. The stone was likely picked up further north and deposited where it lays during the last ice age as the glacial ice flowed south, and then later melted. Glacial ice is capable of encapsulating and moving huge multi ton stones as it moves.

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

That seems to make more sense.

[@markscott3158]

So the ice 'transported' it 🧊🪨🤔

[@ranse15]

@@markscott3158 Yes, Google "Glacial erratics" and see for yourself

[@DonHavjuan]

Disproven specifically. Read the research.

[@AndyTaylor-fx1mq]

@@markscott3158Yup, they are called erratics, or erratic boulders, either moved inside a glacier, or on top of one. There are at least 5 within 2 miles of me, and they’re really big.

[@leokimvideo]

Shocking

[@Samlowry27B-6]

I haven't watched BBC news for years and I thought this report was something from newsround for kids.....

[@TonyPlumb]

Same with the Sky at Night. "At Night the Moon is that big bright thing in the sky and is not actually the Sun which is to be seen during the day only" (Give me strength)

[@mikeuk666]

​@@TonyPlumb try talking to flat earthers 😂

[@treegoblin5479]

They left out the bit were the stone was carried down in a glacier not people, never trust the media

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Kids only watch 15 seconds long videos and it not of the news 😌

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

​@@mikeuk666don't talk to flat earthers 😅

[@niall_al3059]

it's mindboggling how this predates even the celtic Britons. A people long gone/ assimilated.

[@DonHavjuan]

Gone entirely. Not assimilated, according to the DNA.

[@mikef3300]

Aliens transported the stones to the site. They stacked the up in a somewhat random way and said “The humans will be trying to figure this out for centuries” as they flew away laughing

[@cvn6555]

Ha. Hahahahahaha. As good an explanation as any. Love the thought of aliens pranking us.

[@AtlasJotun]

Damned intergalactic teenagers, get off my planet's lawn!

[@twinkiesnails8857]

Fallen angels

[@trevormillar1576]

Then they went back to Mars for a dinner if Instant mashed potato.

[@bluemayhemsonicgreen]

Wonder if the stones all have the same carbon date or if the Scottish stone may be older in keeping with the stones on Orkney?

[@peterfarrington3702]

A more plausible reason for the Alter Stone is that it was probably transported south from Scotland by the constant movement of the glaciers which covered Britain up until the 10th millenium BC, where I live in South Cheshire we have boulders of 'Blue Stone' from the north of Scotland which were transported in the same way.

[@mryan4452]

Surely they've thought of that?! If they haven't they're terrible scientists 😂

[@carolinebritten3390]

The ice didn't get that far south in the last ice age

[@flexa41]

Good idea

[@peterfarrington3702]

@@carolinebritten3390 If you have been to Stonehenge you may have seen the avenue coming from the East towards the monument, this was scoured out by the ice during the ice age which lasted for 1000's of years, so yes, the ice did reach this far South and into mainland Europe at some stages.

[@highdesertutah]

That’s what I was thinking. Even the Egyptians weren’t moving rocks that heavy very far across land and floating blocks down the Nile would be way easier than around the coast of Britain and then up one of the two rivers that would get close to Stonehenge. In the US we have Canadian boulders delivered by glaciers sitting in midwestern farm fields so the same thing likely happened in this case.

[@dcl505]

love this pure Celtic brittish af tv reporter. Brittish people are the best ever

[@Autorange888]

British.

[@outsidethepyramid]

Is this the Indian BBC? I'm paying my TV licence to pay the wages of some Indian woman?

[@judewarner1536]

At least 20 years ago it was known from analysis of feasting bones from pits all around the area that the animals feasted upon included animals from northern Scotland and that people from all over Britain came to worship and feast here. IF this piece of news of the Scottish origin of the altar stone is a surprise, it's because Archaeologists are too myopic to read outside their narrow specialities. Thus, while it is news, it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Only a few years ago, a drilled-out core from one of the Sarsen stones was turned over from an individual involved in reconstructing part of the henge. Analysis of the core, a cylinder of rock, allowed a precise geographic location of the stone's origin to be made, rather than the general "Marlborough Downs" assumed since Stonehenge first became an object of scientific interest. No one knew he'd held it for nearly a century because these people don't talk to each other and jealously guard their little secrets.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

I think it's more the distance it must have travelled that is astonishing, not that Scots were involved. They didn't touch on that in the piece, though, just went for the Wales v Scotland thing which is just daft

[@RobboA-j4l]

Paragraph one - maybe the said remains came from migratory animals. I prefer that explanation to the daft claim that Scots travelled all that way with their lunch bags!!! LOL

[@ezriderzzr7104]

Everything you just said is guess work, nobody knows....fact.

[@ptonpc]

It's only fairly recently that they were able to track down the area the stone came from. What they find interesting is *how* it got there. As proper reports have said, it would not have been brought down by ice / glaciers so it's most likely to have been humans. Considering the size of it and the tech of the time, *that* is what is interesting to them.

[@ronald3836]

@@JaneAustenAteMyCat Glaciers during the ice age explain this. Parts of the Netherlands also have some constructs made from big stones, and those stones are known to have been brought their by glaciers. I find it difficult to understand why the stonehenge scientists are reluctant to accept this very simple explanation.

[@deborah9384]

Congratulations on your Uniting Discovery. This is the very best of news for everyone around the world. You are a Hero! Thank you for your knowledge and work. ❤

[@salleone7649]

I stopped watching as soon as you spewed that "he remembers being brought to the site as a one-year-old" nonsense. His geological work is liable to be just as bogus as his personal narrative.

[@brazil-y2y]

It's BBC, why listen at all?

[@shonabeggs4640]

'Still remembers visiting the site as a 1 year old' 😂

[@cdncitizen4700]

... and he came "full circle" in returning - 1:02 ... the irony and pun was not lost !

[@timjonesvideos]

He's seen the photo too many times, memory is tricky.

[@AriaIsara]

Lots of people have memories (generally just a few) from that age. Strange how it upsets ignorant people.

[@jonh9561]

@@AriaIsara Interesting, can you cite your evidence of this?

[@shonabeggs4640]

@AriaIsara Yes, you're right, of course Karen, I always 😂 when I'm upset. Try a bigger size of knickers if they're cutting in and making you uncomfortable. Or have a lobotomy to attempt to cure your far left twonkery .

[@jonathanbennet2580]

"what about the ice age tho?!?" yes youtube commentors, im sure professional historians really need you to remind them ice ages existed

[@matthewbaker2573]

the last ice age ended 11700 years ago, with the northern hemisphere covered in mile deep ice. give up lmao

[@jonathanbennet2580]

@@matthewbaker2573 i lv when strangers pick a fight w someone they agree w

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@jonathanbennet2580 is writing full words too much for you ?

[@jonathanbennet2580]

@@matthewbaker2573 bro can't even read a comment properly and ur attacking me for text speak ☠️

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@jonathanbennet2580 chav and pleb speak

[@johnthompson6059]

This little bunch of islands has always had the best people who work together for the best results. 🫡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@lokensicarius9347]

It was the druids!! Damn druid magic!!!!!!!!

[@MagnumCarta]

They used forbidden magic like ropes, sleds, and pulleys! Damn druids!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Maybe it was brought by one of the ice ages? Glaciers can pick up rocks and move them.

[@carmadme]

That's the first thing I though I think they're called drop stones

[@thebigo2605]

Interesting theory.

[@larsstougaard7097]

First example of British mail 😮

[@BillSikes.]

They're called Glacier Erratics

[@bass_not_bombs]

And they are all perfectly placed and some on top of the others? Is that possible?

[@HoldinContempt]

The only surprise here is that the bbc did not immediately claim a bunch of Africans built it.

[@pokemasterrand8350]

Lol not wrong but does shed light on how sheet this future is. Where is our moon base? Thanks facebook setting us back just for the likes.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

It means that early man was more innovative than we previously thought!

[@sergeygolubovich1838]

thank you for pointing out that people 5,000 years ago were just as intelligent, genetically speaking anyway. It's not something obvious

[@nuqwestr]

"genetically"? IQ is affected by health and nutrition, not just genes. No doubt there were geniuses at that time, but the ratios were much less.

[@efdbjon2114]

is this sarcasm

[@Writeous0ne]

IQ has gone up about 30 points in the last 100 years. Of course there will have been geniuses then but people were definitely not as smart on average as they are now. Just having a basic education from the 21st century would make you know more than anyone from 5000 years ago.

[@andrewhanson5942]

@@efdbjon2114 I didn't take it that way. It's just that present day people seem to have this self delusional concept that they are far superior to anyone else that we need to be reminded of sometimes.

[@KenFullman]

Actually, according to many recent studies, our intelligence is now lower than it was in times gone by with our brain capacity actually slowly decreasing every generation. My own pet theory is that, being part of a larger collective allows us, as individuals, to have fewer skills. In less devloped societies, surrounded by a more hostile environment, you'd need a vast array of skills just to survive. It seems the last remaining evolutionary force that still works is that of finding a mate to pass on your genes to the next generation. I fear that, in the future we'll be a race of beautiful idiots.

[@JohnnySilva]

“I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.”

[@waynerandles6126]

👽It wasn’t us 🗿

[@Rorschach1488_]

Strong independent trans aliens of color!

[@Ash_G]

@JohnnySilva Leave that to the Discovery Channel. 😂

[@RobSoap-i7t]

@@JohnnySilva yep. And also to add this was a power device

[@Autorange888]

Look beyond that nonsense from the imprisoned swindler and charlatan Erich von Daniken.

[@chasehicks7465]

Im just surprised he has memories that early, mine dont begin until i was around 4 years old.

[@PhilipHaseldine]

Before 2 years 3 months is dubious

[@jamesupton4996]

I can go back to a couple of memories when I was about two

[@AriaIsara]

It's actually not uncommon. I have at least 1 from when I was about 1 1/2, one when I was 2, many when I was 3.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@AriaIsara- Ah, but do you remember the actual memory or the memory of remembering the memory?

[@AriaIsara]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 🙄 I remember the moment and what happened. Why is this so hard for people to understand? There is no difference with remembering any other moment from any point of your life. The only difference is that you have many memories from when you were 12 but maybe only 1 or 2 when you were 2.

[@danielclaw]

At least there is something new that we found out that is interesting.

[@justayoutuber1906]

The Stones are from England. The Beatles are too.

[@hfvhf987]

The Who

[@ziziscorsese9475]

@@hfvhf987😅

[@smellynelly312]

Stop it U2

[@Phil_KaneONite_Wood]

The Clash this is generating is worrying.

[@mikeuk666]

There was no England then

[@notozknows]

I thought we were taught this as children in US. I thought all those stones were from different places.

[@Reece-3601]

Yeah they are, we just realised the altar stone originated in Scotland rather than Wales as previously thought

[@jeremypearson6852]

As a Brit and long time US resident, I doubt Stonehenge is even mentioned in American schools. Many people here couldn’t identify Scotland or Wales on a map.

[@duB420Grass]

@@jeremypearson6852 I think you're confusing what's taught with the information that's been retained. It's kind of like how many Brits can't name any states besides Kentucky. I still don't understand why Europeans like KFC so much.

[@notozknows]

@@jeremypearson6852 You doubt they didn't teach us about stonehenge? Where did I learn it?

[@ErikDaugaard]

All over Denmark we have huge stones from Sweden and Norway - broght here by the ice during one of the many ice ages.

[@ronald3836]

We have them in parts of The Netherlands, too. I suppose Denmark also has 5000 year old tombs constructed from such stones? It is remarkable that UK scientists still haven't accepted that the (non-local) Stonehenge stones were brought by glaciers. (I should look up when this became accepted in The Netherlands, but I am pretty sure I was taught about this already in elementary school quite a while ago...)

[@carolinebritten3390]

@@ronald3836 Stonehendge is South of the furthest reach of the last ice age.

[@helenarmour184]

Yep, I’ve always been a beleiver that the ice age deposited the stones previously believed to be Welsh to that area of the country, but as always in the uk, unconventional beliefs get quashed in favour of the general consensus :-/

[@ronald3836]

@@carolinebritten3390 The last ice age did not cover any part of The Netherlands, yet it is fully accepted that the Scandinavian stones used to construct the 5000-year old tombs (dolmens) were brought by (previous) ice ages. Apparently people in the UK prefer to cling to the irrational but romantic idea of their ancestors carrying those stones from Wales and Scotland all the way to Stonehenge.

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

​@@carolinebritten3390 Not by much, but previous glaciers also went further- The Anglian glacier extent runs right through Stonehenge

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Remember when Clark Griswold knocked over stone hedge? 😂

[@S.T.R.Y.K.E.R.]

People also forget that Stonehenge was restored in the 50s. Maybe the rock they tested was brought in during that restoration period.

[@iGame3D]

Restored with rocks on site, not "hey load up more stones and bring them here, this place isn't Fintstones looking enough!"

[@S.T.R.Y.K.E.R.]

@@iGame3D yeah just my two cents tho

[@Blablablarandomguy]

internet expert strikes again

[@S.T.R.Y.K.E.R.]

@@Blablablarandomguy wdym 😭

[@KayAteChef]

They weren't Scotts or Englishmen. They weren't even Welsh, Brittonic, or even Celtic.

[@Hexon66]

"No one knows who they were....or...... what they were doin'"

[@Rebecca-n7n]

​@Hexon66the earliest were knownasthe Picts.

[@gutz323]

Nope! They were Aliens moving big rocks with space ships. 😂

[@MikeAhern-199]

whoever they were, I bet they didn't get a 15% pay raise.

[@chelyvo]

​@@Hexon66 Your comment goes to eleven

[@CurtainofDisaster]

Is it unthinkable that the stone had been carried by ice during the ice age and the people of the past simply built a monument around it?

Exactly!

[@seffard]

Yes, it is. Stonehenge was not built with all that effort on that spot by chance, "Oh the ice just happened to carry it right there and as they have nothing better to do, build something we would struggle nowadays!".

[@CurtainofDisaster]

@@seffard No need for attitude. Try imagining another scenario. A tribe finds a huge stone they decide to use for ritualistic purposes, over time it becomes a "holy" site, and preperations are made to make it more magnificent, at which point they start dragging other stones across the country to build the shrine. In reality no one knows what was going on back then, but the ice during the ice age has been known to drag huge rocks around while migrating and leaving them behind when it thawed.

[@seffard]

@@CurtainofDisaster I was being cheeky because its purpose is actually known by some. What is told by the mainstream is a lie to keep people oblivious to the truth and conditioned to ignore anything spiritual. Fortunately this is changing for good.

[@seffard]

@@CurtainofDisaster You can bet its purpose is actually known by some. If I told you why this knowledge isnt widespread this site's AI would hide my comment and you wouldnt likely believe me so far from our reality it is.

[@CanadaCasper]

My earliest memory is either: Being in the grocery store, thinking that everyone just takes what they truly need, wondering why I couldn't just grab what I wanted, and having no understanding of the concept of money. or Watching my mom clean the kitchen table, asking her how old I was, and being told I was 4 years old. I'm pretty sure the grocery memory is the earliest, but I don't know my exact age at the time. I don't believe people who claim to have memories from when they were born or up to 2 years old. "Very few adults have memories from before 3.5 years old. Those who do report memories from before this age usually cannot tell the difference between personal memory of the event and simple knowledge of it, which may have come from other sources."

[@iRyanMal]

I agree

[@Betty-qz5zd]

Where is your quote from?

[@CanadaCasper]

@@Betty-qz5zd Copy the quote and paste it in a search engine / google. You will find all the sources.