Unlocking britain’s ancient past

ELLA AL-SHAMAHI on exploring the evolution of mankind

For 5000 years a boulder stood unremarked in a Dorset valley, until one summer day an archaeologist noticed something curious about it...

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

She was an anti-science Creationist but Ella Al-Shamahi now champions palaeoanthropology and is making some startling discoveries about our ancestors

Imagine doing your entire food shop at a butcher’s. No vegetables, no bread, no fruit, no pasta, milk or biscuits – just a trolley full of meat, fish, eggs and lard. That’s the carnivore diet. Its gos

A tree that took root almost 5,000 years ago – before the first stones were raised at Stonehenge – has been unearthed at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire during the National Trust’s largest lowland peatla