The carefully carved letters told a bone-chilling story ... study of the stone that uses new advances in chemical analysis, epigraphy, and the study of rock-cut Elizabethan inscriptions ...

but by examining the bones and the objects that have been left behind, we can begin to understand how our Stone Age ancestors used to live and even a little about how they used to think.

Stone Age Britons made necklaces and bracelets from tusks, bones and shells. They also drew patterns on their bodies, using a kind of paint made from ochre (a type of red clay). Image caption ...