BARCELONA, Spain, March 9 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * New discoveries reveal systematic production of bone tools 1.5 million years ago A study led by the CSIC with involvement of the UAB reveals that the production of bone tools 1.5 million years ago was methodical and systematic. Before this discovery, it was considered that early humans only made bone tools occasionally. This practice could have had an effect on the development of more complex   more

EXETER, England, March 9 -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * Innovative ancient burial site found to be older than Stonehenge New research reveals Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture during the Neolithic period Archaeological research conducted on the prehistoric Dorset burial site known as Flagstones has revealed that it is the earliest known large circular enclosure in Britain. The monument, lo  more