The deer carvings, the first clear examples of their kind from the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in the UK, are a fresh reminder of just how long Scotland has been inhabited.
Evidence of early human habitation can be found all over the country.
From the remote isles of the north to the rolling hills of the Lowlands, Scotland has an abundance of Neolithic sites you can visit.
All of them predate the founding of the nation, and some of them were even constructed before the pyramids.
Peter Irvine, author of travel guide Scotland the Best, takes a look at 15 of the best prehistoric sites to visit in Scotland.
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13. Hill o’ Many Stanes - nr Wick
Aptly named place with extraordinary number of small standing stones; 200 in 22 rows. If fan shape was complete, there would be 600. Their very purposeful layout is enigmatic and strange. Photo: Creative Commons
14. Tomnaverie Stone Circle - nr Tarland and Aboyne
Less visited or even known than the above so here you really are likely to take in its mystery and the panoramic view of bucolic Aberdeenshire and distant Lochnagar without distraction. An easily imaginable circle from 2,500BC: a long time then! Photo: Creative Commons
15. Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle - nr Inverurie
The site is 500m from top of village. Impressive and spooky circle of 11 stones and one recumbent from 4,000/5,000BC. Unusual second circle adjacent encloses a cremation cemetery from 1,500 bc. Remains of 32 people were found here. Obviously, an important place. God knows what they were up to. Photo: Creative Commons