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[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269209 by A. Burke 14/3/23 PLOS One] | [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269209 by A. Burke 14/3/23 PLOS One] | ||
The Luangwa Basin, Zambia, which forms part of the Zambezi drainage, is strategically located between the Central African plateau and the East African Rift system. The Luangwa River and major tributaries, such as the Luwumbu River, are perennial water sources supporting essential resources that sustain human communities and a rich and diverse fauna and flora. | The Luangwa Basin, Zambia, which forms part of the Zambezi drainage, is strategically located between the Central African plateau and the East African Rift system. The Luangwa River and major tributaries, such as the Luwumbu River, are perennial water sources supporting essential resources that sustain human communities and a rich and diverse fauna and flora. | ||
=====Archaeologists Take Wrong Turn, Find World's Oldest Stone Tools [Update]===== | |||
[https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observations/archaeologists-take-wrong-turn-find-world-s-oldest-stone-tools-update/ by Kate Wong 20/5/15 SCI AM] | |||
Archaeologists working in the Kenyan Rift Valley have discovered the oldest known stone tools in the world. Dated to around 3.3 million years ago, the implements are some 700,000 years older than stone tools from Ethiopia that previously held this distinction. | |||
