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In what has been described as an astonishing breakthrough, scientists have discovered the world’s oldest, inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in Namaqualand. These mounds, dating back a staggering 34 000 years, are rewriting our understanding of prehistoric life, climate and carbon storage.
These termite mounds are inhabited by the southern harvester termite, Microhodotermes viator, explains