The mystery of how Stonehenge’s bluestones were transported 160 miles from Wales to Wiltshire has puzzled archaeologists for generations.
Some experts say glaciers picked up and deposited the huge rocks in the last ice age, while others have suggested the stones were dragged on rollers or sleds by manpower.
Yet new research may point to a far simpler explanation - that cattle were used to shift the massive cargo.
Archaeologists at University College London have found that cattle were being used as engines to pull heavy loads as early as 6,000BC.
In a new study, published in Antiquity, archaeologists discovered that the bones in the feet of Neolithic cattle in the Balkans demonstrated distinctive...