News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Excavations confirm lost Indigenous settlements described by John Smith (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lost-indigenous-settlements-described-by-jamestown-colonist-john-smith-finally-found">details</a>)</li> <li>Earliest known intentional fire was set in England about 400,000 years ago (<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/humans-were-making-fire-350000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought-study-finds">details</a>)</li> <li>Botanical art from 8000 years ago shows early mathematical thinking (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-12-earliest-botanical-art-hints-prehistoric.html">details</a>)(<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-025-09200-9">details</a></li> <li>Ancient stone structures found beneath the waters off Brittany (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/network-of-submerged-stone-structures-rewrites-early-european-prehistory/156573">details</a>)(<a href="https://hal.science/hal-05406477">details</a></li> </ul>