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Discoveries A retired fisherman has discovered an ancient stone head that experts say could be 24,000 years old — the oldest found in Britain reports The Times. Arthur Mack, 70, found the 5in stone head while he was walking off Long Island in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire. Archaeologists say the find could be a piece of Neanderthal art made by cave dwellers who were once thought too primitive for creative thinking. A similar stone head was found in a Neanderthal cave in northern France and was dated to 28,000BC.The ancient stone would have been carved into a face by a caveman thousands of years ago. Mr Mack, of Portsmouth, said: “There was a face poking out of the cliffs in some mud and it scared the living daylights out of me. I think the tide must have exposed it.
“I have found stone flints and axe heads before but nothing like this. It is a work of art and shows how much skill these ancient civilisations had." Source: The Times 02/10/2004