ANCIENT COW TOOTH COULD HELP SOLVE A MYSTERY OF STONEHENGE, SAY SCIENTISTS

Analysis of a 5,000-year-old tooth may suggest how huge stones were moved vast distances

- Dixe Wills

Research into a humble molar from a cow's jawbone may have brought scientists a little closer to unlocking one of the mysteries of Stonehenge: how our Neolithic forebears transported the monument's vast bluestones from south Wales to Wiltshire.

The jawbone in question was unearthed in 1924 by the south entrance to the site. It was dated to 2995-2900 BCE - around the time the first circular henge was created - and had evidently been placed there deliberately for an as-yet unknown purpose.

Now a paper published in the