Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of the presence of humans in Scotland it was announced today.
Examples of te 14,000 year old flint tools unearthed at Howburn near Biggar [Credit: Historic Scotland]
An assemblage of over 5,000 flint artefacts was recovered in 2005-9 by Biggar Archaeology Group in fields at Howburn, near Biggar in South Lanarkshire, and subsequent studies have dated their use to 14,000 years ago. Prior to the find, the oldest evidence of human occupation in Scotland could be dated to around 13,000 years ago at a now-destroyed cave site in Argyll.
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