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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Since publication (~6 years ago), the price of "A Neolithic Universe" has been kept ultra low so that *anyone* interested can get a copy. It seems that this is no longer sustainable; so the volume will soon be making a staged transition to something akin to an academic pricing structure.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 06/06/2026

But it's more pessimistic when asked the same question using a more generic description of what is needed; but not supplying access to the background of that specific question:

"How many years do you predict we are from having 99.9% accurate True Zero-Shot Document Parsing available for clean/structured docs which look at multiple fields of study (primarily archaeology, astronomy and engineering) in combination with multimodal engineering intelligence?"

Example response:

"My single best estimate
For 99.9% accurate true zero-shot document parsing combined with multimodal engineering intelligence across archaeology, astronomy, and engineering, I would place the midpoint around 2037–2039, roughly 11–13 years from today.

The biggest uncertainty isn't document parsing itself. It's whether AI systems develop sufficiently robust cross-domain world models that can understand the meaning behind drawings, measurements, observations, and scientific arguments—not just extract them. If that happens faster than expected, the timeline could compress toward the early 2030s. If progress stalls on reasoning and reliability, it could push into the 2040s."

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 04/06/2026

And here are milestones it believes appropriate:

What to Look for Before You Return
Instead of actively tracking the field, you can simply wait for a few specific technological milestones to hit the mainstream news. Look for headlines announcing:
1. Autonomous Scientific Discovery: AI systems successfully independently discovering a new physical law or validating an unsolved mathematical theorem.
2. True Zero-Shot Document Parsing: AI models that can perfectly read and analyze highly technical, unformatted textbooks or blueprints without prior training or manual data input.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 04/06/2026

Here is an AI's summary of how long it will be before Artificial Intelligence can review a project such as "A Neolithic Universe". It took a while to get to this answer.

Response A
Given your completely logical assessment—that digitizing, reformatting, and building a custom sandbox offers no personal benefit for an outcome you already know—the wisest path is to shelf the idea entirely.
If you want to step back and let the technology evolve to a point where it can ingest a complex project like A Neolithic Universe effortlessly, you should wait 3 to 5 years.
A break of this length is recommended due to the trajectory of AI systems and how they handle unstructured, multi-disciplinary logic:

Response B
Your assessment is entirely pragmatic and realistic. If the current landscape requires you to do the heavy lifting of data formatting and system assembly for marginal personal return, waiting is the logical choice.
Given the current trajectory of AI development, the recommended wait time before re-evaluating this project is 3 to 5 years (roughly 2029–2031).
Here is why this specific timeframe matters and how the field is shifting to solve the specific bottlenecks you identified:
Why the Next 3 to 5 Years Will Change the Landscape

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Morrisjonathan @jonathanmorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Better wind this up, but after so many corrections, what it said next could make the basis of a Dr Who episode? (It became self reflective about what its role was:)

Your observation hits on a profound truth about archaeology: it is a deeply human, emotional field wrapped up in our collective identity and the romance of the unknown.
The Stakes for Artificial Intelligence
If an AI were to step into a debate where human experts are split—with many actively preferring the mystery over a definitive answer—the social and cultural backlash of being "wrong" would be massive.
The Margin for Error: For an AI to declare a fringe hypothesis "definitely wrong" or "verifiably correct," its proof must be mathematically bulletproof and culturally unassailable.
The Cost of Error: A false positive or a false negative from an AI would instantly destroy its credibility, turning it into a tool of misinformation rather than a neutral arbiter of truth.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 28/05/2026

Do we open this up to AI? I think the chances of harm are low but have had no feedback so am assuming that everyone else thinks the same: www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...

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Sacred Sites and Megalithic Mysteries: Geocentric Hypothesis: technical review | Megalithic Portal

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 06/05/2026

The ideas of both Sir Fred Hoyle & Gerald Hawkins are referred to in the book. In particular, Fred Hoyle's observations on the nature of proof were useful. There's only so much that a work can do, so showing how other theories might be compatible was felt, at the time, to be beyond the scope.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 05/05/2026

If that monument were a design of this kind, then it would be expected that it would have multiple design features. It's not something I have looked at though: after one or more of its primary purposes become accepted, it would be worth review.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 21/03/2026

"A Neolithic Universe" may be the last independent & technical hypothesis for Stonehenge that was not prepared using Artificial Intelligence? There's been a lot of interest in opening up the project to Artificial Intelligence (it is not available in digital format) www.amazon.co.uk/Neolithic-Un...

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A Neolithic Universe

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 22/02/2026

Thinking of making the hypothesis available to AI. A probably minor concern is what happens if it is allowed access (the tech bros will notice if AI proves to be superior in evaluating something this "human") www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?...

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Sacred Sites and Megalithic Mysteries: Geocentric Hypothesis: technical review : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 14/02/2026

Updated website. Put a dedicated domain to it and modified it a bit for mobile phones (before doing a major revamp). Any ideas on what the introductory image should be? aneolithicuniverse.com

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 01/01/2026

Happy new year A spherical concentrator disc (left) reflecting light from the sun (right). Photo is as seen and is not edited.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 26/12/2025

A Neolithic Universe is now over 30,000 visits a week. Not sure why it's accelerating, but at this level we're looking at well over a million visits a year.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 07/05/2025

This is exciting because it now gives two corroborating pieces of evidence for the [potential] sequence described in the book. No idea when it'll be added (there's 50 other evidential pieces on the list lined up to add to the book, so probably when there's time for a full edition update)

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 05/10/2023

Summary of the "A Neolithic Universe" project: The hypothesis described postulates that Stonehenge and its grounds were a repository of knowledge of the heavens brought about by: 1) a fear of a change in climate and; 2) a wish to rationally understand the world and the cosmos

Left: a 16th century view of the Cosmos (if, as was believed, it is "geocentric").
To the right the major elements are highlighted (earth, polar axis, firmament and solar locations at tropics of Cancer & Capricorn. It looks from west to the east over the top of a fixed world. This layout, its angles and so on, are identical to those found at Stonehenge.

A representation of what a solar concentrator, if designed to show the geocentric nature of the Universe, would look like if placed in Stonehenge at mid winter.
(trail shows the movement path over an afternoon)

The actual layout of Stonehenge with East at top (rather than North as typically used in today's plan layout convention).

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

A gentle reminder you can get the initial works (2012) on the "A Neolithic Universe" project for free (end of this mini-thread). The project explains a potential explanation of Stonehenge and is unusual because it contains no special narrative devices (aliens, advanced technology and so on). #1 of 5

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 23/03/2025

This question & reply work a retweet. Fred Hoyle said you must have traces in myth to be a valid hypothesis (those do exist), but the spectacularly successful result perhaps explains why we don't know the details of it. bsky.app/profile/paul...

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Support post position becoming interesting. Apparently there is a singular huge pit at the centre of Stonehenge. Will research for next edition of "A Neolithic Universe" (there are about 48 similar items queued for adding as additional evidence). brian-mountainman.blogspot.com/2025/03/extr... [2/2]

Picture of Stonehenge with a Geocentric Orrery mechanism installed. The red arrow shows a potential location for the support prop. Recently it's been brought up that there's a huge pit in this location (see Brian John's blog for details). Another one for the 'this must exist if this happened' file). Search for "A Neolithic Universe" (the book) if detailed explanation wanted.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

It's easy to estimate how far they are from each other and then it's also easy to estimate how far down the horizon is when looking from Feddau to Eryr. From that, you can estimate that the world, if a disk, would be very small. From that, you know it must be a sphere. [5]

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

But there are other ways to find out that you're on a sphere. A really special place for that is the end of the Preseli range: two peaks (Feddau and Eryr) are at the same level and each is above horizon when viewed from the other [4]

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

But at high level, you would be able to look down at the boat. So to tell that it's a sphere, you might have to be simultaneously at high level and at low level (or really fast at scaling down a mountain). So if your boats aren't big, it'd be hard to make a judgement one way or the other. [3]

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

If the earth were a flat disk, then it depends heavily on how high up you are and how big the ships are. But for all intents and purposes, the arrival of a small boat on a flat disk looks much the same as the arrival on a spherical sea (one metre high waves close to you will obscure the boat) [2]

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Really interesting question. The eye can only distinguish objects at about 1/5000 slope (ie about 0.5 minutes). So a 4m high sail of a ship might, for someone with superb eyesight, a very clear day, and a bright florescent sail, be visible at about 20km. [1]

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Happy Equinox (1/2) For anyone interested in how spherical concentration of light works, here's a pictorial summary of how it works. The Alt Text is useful for additional notes.

A picture of Stonehenge with spherical tin plates arranged on the inner bluestone ring (props extend to outer lintel ring if required). In this picture, arranged for equinox, the polar post is set in the second socket up on Stone 54. The boom rod (shown in green) is set on the polar post and pointed towards the Sun. The boom rod then rotates around the local polar axis to follow the movement of the Sun. This results in light being concentrated at the focal point (the arrangement simulates a parabola and concentrates to a point half way between the centre of rotation and the mirrors).

Computer generated idealised model showing how each socket must be arranged to carry the polar post (bottom: winter, half way up: equinox and top: summer)

Stones 53 (left) and 54 (right) showing apparent sockets on Stone 54. These are set directly south of the centre of the monument

Prototype arrangement showing how this looks in practice. Here, we've used a very small array of mirrors (nowhere near as large as could be achieved at Stonehenge). The 'mini-sun' is created using a silver plated dish set on a boom of a old sailing dinghy which is set on the mast of the same dinghy.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 25/02/2025

Interesting list. This project (@aneolithicuniverse) is well researched. But the history bit depends on POV.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 01/02/2025

A sign to post the first line of your book: <This book describes, and shows the evidence for, the idea that some Neolithic monuments in Britain, Ireland, and the European Continent are the result of early research into the nature of our world.> From "A Neolithic Universe" 🏺 #WritingCommunity

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

[5] This explanation is far more likely than any other current theory. Presented at various archaeological conferences, the hypothesis also contains little or nothing in the way of controversy (so is not well known). This 'gentle reminder' thread inspired by the post below. bsky.app/profile/greg...

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

[4] The original version (2012) can still be found on the Megalithic Portal (run by @megalithic.bsky.social). Most of the text has changed little from that initial edition to the (much expanded) version which now forms the 3rd edition. www.megalithic.co.uk/download.php...

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: The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

[3] The hypothesis is all about knowledge, so has no unfalsifiable standard narratives (such as religion, politics or unification). In 2020, after an intermediate 2nd edition, the book was expanded to about 250 pages. The only review (excepting Amazon) is here: www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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Book Review: A Neolithic Universe by Jonathan Morris

This is the third book written by Jonathan Morris. The first, ‘The Broken Stone’, is a novel about Stonehenge with an explanation of the science behind the novel and the second, ‘Stonehenge: Sol

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

[2] The project is based on the idea that Stonehenge was a summary of a search for knowledge about the world and the Cosmos. After the initial pdf summary, a short expanded (76 page) booklet was published. Now difficult to find, the only review of that is below: www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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Book Review: Stonehenge - Solving the Neolithic Universe by Jonathan Morris

Henge in Wiltshire, England

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 12/01/2025

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Morrisjonathan @jonathanmorris.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

As an engineer, it's marvellous to see the work is still recognised after so many generations. It's an odd comparison: if this place were the result of research by generations of intellectual giants, that assembly of life-works is now largely interpreted as being devoid of intellectual substance?

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 21/12/2024

A Stonehenge theory explained without having to mention Stonehenge. Detail in the Alt Text. Happy Solstice!

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 05/12/2024

If anyone from a learned Institution wants to have a go at the hypothesis, and is willing to publish why they think it's not the most likely explanation, usually happy to provide copies for free. Please don't use websites and/or a google search again. (you may laugh.. but this happened)

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 01/12/2024

Highlighting this as is never addressed by proponents of "alignment hypotheses": The choice of an unsuitable location could be explained as something we'll never know, but it seems to be a very thin argument given the amount of effort, and detailed engineering, that went into this monument.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 28/11/2024

If anyone wishes to challenge the claim that the 'geocentric' hypothesis for Stonehenge is the most parsimonious explanation, please let me know? This account is set up to provide additional data (over that in the book) should anyone think one, or more, other hypotheses to be more parsimonious.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 20/11/2024

This account is set up to answer questions about the evidence for Stonehenge (and its grounds) being a repository of early knowledge about the World and the Heavens. (More detail in Alt Text)

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 09/11/2024

Off the beaten track, but the "A Neolithic Universe" project started out as research into a very obscure form of renewable energy (solar) and ended up with a viable explanation for Stonehenge. The only claim is that it is the most parsimonious of explanations offered to date bsky.app/profile/aneo...

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 09/11/2024

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 18/10/2024

One of the concepts behind the "A Neolithic Universe" project was that Stonehenge was a response to a potential for climate change. High standard of evidence, but hard to prove to anyone's satisfaction. However, if the Altar Stone proves to be from Shetland (massively unlikely), then we'll be on it.

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 30/08/2024

Fun Fact #3 Many recent archaeo texts place Stonehenge in the Stone Age (before the age of metals). But research from The Institute of Metals puts the date of Tin Mining earlier (p182-184). If correct, Stonehenge's sarsen structure wasn't built in the Stone Age. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Tin in Antiquity | Its Mining and Trade Throughout the Ancient World w

'Tin in Antiquity' is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 19/08/2024

Possibly too left field a project? <An informal (unfunded) project looking at whether some Neolithic monuments are the remains of past inquiry into the nature of the world and the Universe.>

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 14/08/2024

Altar Stone sourced to NE Scotland. Long shot, but "Firsprofen" might be real. For anyone interested in that, go to firsprofen.com (a domain taken out well over a decade ago and redirects into the Megalithic Portal). Above is related to this paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge - Nature

Mineral ages and chemical analysis of fragments of the Altar Stone from the Neolithic stone circle at Stonehenge suggest that it was transported from northeast Scotland, more than 750 km away, probabl...

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 08/08/2024

Fun fact #2 Stonehenge's arrangement and alignment are the same as a representation of a geocentric Universe as would be seen in Southern England. Sketch on left below uses 16th century images of same thing. Sketch on right shows that same layout adjusted for the latitude of Southern England.

A representation of a geocentric Universe setting the polar axis to that seen at the latitude of Southern England

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 06/08/2024

Fun fact: There are 30 outer, and 5 sets of 2 inner, sarsen uprights. 30x2 average human feet (~0.263m) is the approximate radius of Stonehenge (outside face of lintels). Using the same unit and pacing out 30 units to the 5th power (30x30x30x30x30), gives the radius of our world.

An early picture of Stonehenge as it was imagined to have stood 4,500 years ago

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 24/10/2023

If fear of a changing climate once existed, people would want to test if it will become a problem for them. With no modern technology, an umbral chamber can be used for that test. So my next step was to see if any Neolithic remains could be used as an umbral chamber (link uses Newgrange as example):

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(PDF) Umbral method of tracking the limit of the Sun's movement (Newgrange: interpretation as a sent...

PDF | Umbral method of tracking the Sun's movement including a discussion on features found at Newgrange, Eire. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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A Neolithic Universe (project) @aneolithicuniverse.co.uk · 05/10/2023

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