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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Stone tools show ancient settlement high in Andes

This undated image provided by journal Science shows Sonia Zarriollo during an excavation at Cuncaicha rock shelter in the Peruvian Andes. Stone tools and other artifacts have revealed the presence of hunter-gatherers at about 14,700 feet above sea level, between 12,000 and 12,500 years ago in the Peruvian Andes. (AP Photo/Science, Kurt Rademaker) NEW YORK (AP) — The air was thin, the nights were cold, the sun could easily burn the skin. But about 12,000 years ago, small groups of hunter-gatherers found a home very high up in the Peruvian Andes.




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