Human Movement The early Homo Sapiens

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GreyCrow said:
Just watched the YT clip on this

The thought that came to me was is it related to the Stone of Scone
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Good thought, it could be, easy to check out if they are they are the same type of stone. Mind you it's a wee little pebble compared to the altar stone. Our ancestors certainly had a penchant for special rocks.
My friend Peter, the paleoartist suggested the Pleistocene glaciation could have moved it. Stones moved like this have a great name, glacial erratics. Being an ignoramus about geology I had too check if stones this big can be moved by glaciation - they can. The various waves of Pleistocene glaciation did cover Scotland and Britain, so it's a plausible theory.
 
CD Xbow said:
Good thought, it could be, easy to check out if they are they are the same type of stone. Mind you it's a wee little pebble compared to the altar stone. Our ancestors certainly had a penchant for special rocks.
My friend Peter, the paleoartist suggested the Pleistocene glaciation could have moved it. Stones moved like this have a great name, glacial erratics. Being an ignoramus about geology I had too check if stones this big can be moved by glaciation - they can. The various waves of Pleistocene glaciation did cover Scotland and Britain, so it's a plausible theory.
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They mentioned this in the clip - apparently there are no visible glacier trails

As to the truth of that I cant say

Actually scratch that Scone theory - Stone of Scone is red sandstone and the Altar Stone is bluestone
 

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