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Word: antiquus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lumley and his diggers uncovered the remains of a structure about 60 ft. by 20 ft., which contained two fireplaces. Scattered about were pieces of charred wood and the bones of rabbits, boars, Elephas antiquus (the ancestors of mammoths), deer antlers, stone carving tools, and even fossilized human excrement, which, the archaeologist says, is "extremely rare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Man's Oldest Dwelling | 2/25/1966 | See Source »

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