The Bolton News reports
The mounds were discovered near the Buffels River in Namaqualand.
Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they are the oldest known active termite hills.
Source: Oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years | The Bolton News
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