Coast to Coast AM with George Noory

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Scientist Suggests Simpler Stonehenge Origin Story

An Earth scientist in Wales has offered an intriguing new theory on the  origin of the iconic bluestones which were used to build Stonehenge. Dr.  Brian John says that the long-held belief that the exotic-for-the-area  and massive stones were transported to the site by ancient humans is  nothing more than a myth. On the contrary, he posits that there is a  much simpler explanation for how the rocks arrived at the site: they  were carried there by glaciers.

John bases this conclusion on an examination of the specific stones  found at the site as well as a lack of evidence for quarries from the  time that Stonehenge was built at Preseli Hills, which is where legend  states that the bluestones had been procured by the builders of the  monument. As such, he believes that the idea that humans had engineered  elaborate methods to transport the two-to-four-ton rocks is more of a  fantasy rather than a realistic way for the pieces to have arrived at  the Stonehenge site.

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