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Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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These anthropogenic remains include 72 pieces of leather (including a 650-year-old bit of sheep leather with red lines drawn on it in ochre), 129 bits of cloth and a crossbow bolt with a wooden lance. The team also found 25 items made from esparto grass, including the complete sandal, a slingshot, ropes, fragments of baskets and horse equipment. The team used radiocarbon dating techniques to estimate the ages of the human-made objects, which ranged from between 150 to 675 years old.

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[–] phdeeznuts@mander.xyz 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Manages nests for centuries and centuries, and yet

Bearded vultures have been extinct in southern Spain for 70 to 130 years, depending on the specific region.