Stonehenge in the mist
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Scientists have a new theory regarding one of the most famous structures in the world, Stonehenge. Based on previous structures, the new study says, Stonehenge has foundational roots in a hunter-gatherer culture that began 7,000 years prior to its construction, based out of the Brittany region of northwestern France.

There are many theories concerning who built Stonehenge. A study last year claimed that the bluestones of the structure, as well as the people who moved the stones, came from Wales. Those studies pointed toward Welsh structures dating back 5,000 years, like Carreg Coetan Arthur, as coming from the same culture that brought forth Stonehenge.

But Bettina Schulz Paulsson was looking back further, and beyond the English island. Her findings argue that European societies 7,000 years ago were more ship worthy than previously believed, and were able to travel by boat to England where they were able to replicate their stone-building culture.

Paulsson started looking at the “35,000 […]

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