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A strange wooden log found beneath Zambia’s Kalambo Falls was dismissed for decades, then archaeologists - The Times of India
From The Times of India via USVI News: Rest of World News: For decades, a strangely shaped log buried beneath Zambia’s Kalambo Falls sat at the edge of an archaeological mystery. When archaeologist J. Desmond.
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- A strange wooden log found beneath Zambia’s Kalambo Falls was dismissed for decades, then archaeologists dated it to 476,000 years ago
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A wooden clue that refused to fit the record
The second excavation brought Clark’s mystery back to life
The age came from the sand, not the timber
What the builders actually made remains uncertain
Why the wood survived when so much else disappeared
The people who made it are not identified
Clark had seen the same evidence, but not its age
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