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Stonehenge rocks in place 'millions of years before humans'
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Stonehenge rocks in place 'millions of years before humans'
Apr 9, 2018
Expert claims largest rocks at megalithic monument were not moved there by people
 

Two of Stonehenge's largest stones were in place there for millions of years before Neolithic people built the monument, according to the site’s former director of excavations.

In a new paper published in the journal British Archaeology, Mike Pitts argues that two of the largest sarsens - the sandstone boulders that make up Stonehenge - have always been “more or less” where they sit today.

http://www.theweek.co.uk/92795/stonehenge-rocks-in-place-millions-of-years-before-humans

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Stonehenge rocks in place 'millions of years before humans'
Apr 9, 2018
Expert claims largest rocks at megalithic monument were not moved there by people
 

Two of Stonehenge's largest stones were in place there for millions of years before Neolithic people built the monument, according to the site’s former director of excavations.

In a new paper published in the journal British Archaeology, Mike Pitts argues that two of the largest sarsens - the sandstone boulders that make up Stonehenge - have always been “more or less” where they sit today.

http://www.theweek.co.uk/92795/stonehenge-rocks-in-place-millions-of-years-before-humans

An archaeologist named Mike Pitts? Sometimes life can be funnier than fiction.