Jonathan McRae

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4,627 appearances 33 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea · Extra: Behind The Scenes of The Lost Bridge · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

That is my training and orientation. matched

I've published many academic articles in many cognate journals. matched

My bar for evidence is extremely high. matched

Jonathan, I was delighted to hear that we're considering extended the timeline for early settlement here. matched

My own fieldwork and the artefacts I'm sending you support the claim of quite early dates for the development of representational skills in early man here in Ireland. matched

In fact, these stone artefacts I've shown you are tools inscribed with magic representational figures. matched

So he uses magic in air quotes. matched

A consistent thread running through all of the artifact work that I've done. matched

Limestones, as you know, are found overlain with calcite. matched

This early man chipped out to form crude and animal figures. matched

I feel that they felt this procedure brought them in closer contract with their prey. matched

Many of these artifacts are also inscribed with lines joining the matched

energy of the tool seamlessly with their hands, they're also overwhelmingly right-handed, an interesting finding in itself. matched

So in the email, Mike has sent these really amazing photographs of these things that he's found. matched

And I'd love to know more about those. matched

Like, are you saying that you think they may be from a particular period? matched

Let us know, Mike. matched

Yeah, and it was kind of like, well, we have this line, there's nothing else. matched

One piece of evidence says nothing. matched

But if you suddenly start saying, okay, well, actually, there could be stuff out there, stuff that we threw away as being, you know, impossible, suddenly now becomes possible. matched

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