11,500-year-old tools on Isle of Skye reveal Scotland’s earliest human settlements

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone tools on the Isle of Skye that shed new light on Scotland’s oldest known human inhabitants. Dated to 11,500 to 11,000 years ago, the tools come from the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP) and show early humans ventured far further north than previously believed…

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