Thursday, June 9, 2011

1.5 million year old fossils

Last week, some people and I went on a trip close to the Zambian border. Somewhere between Karonga and Livingstonia at Uliwa, we stopped for an archaeological visit. There was an unexcavated site where old snail shells and alligator fossils still remain. 1.5 million years old all untouched. Some new shells from the lakeshore washed up to the old. The ancient meets the new: