The logs had notches carved into them and were found laying perpendicular to one another, suggesting they were designed to fit together.Larry Barham / University of LiverpoolThe team unearthed the wooden structure at the Kalambo Falls archaeological site in Zambia.
A pair of prehistoric logs recently unearthed near Kalambo Falls in Zambia are believed to be part of the earliest known wooden structure on Earth. Now, researchers say this discovery is challenging long-held beliefs about the way early human ancestors lived. Read More...
During Reconstruction, African-Americans were able to engage in civic life in ways that they wouldn't be able to again for another 100 years. Hiram R. Revels, the first African-American to serve in the U.S. Congress.Revels was born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1827. He was ordained as a minister and served as a chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War before being elected to the Senate in 1870. Read More...
The 12-foot, 200-pound punt gun could kill up to 100 ducks at a time — nearly annihilating America's waterfowl population by the 1860s.Though comically large, the punt gun was no laughing matter. The 10-foot, 100-pound weapon was so deadly to North America’s waterfowl that it was outlawed by 1918, as just a single shot from the one-gauge gun could kill 50 to 90 ducks — or an entire flock.
Wikimedia CommonsA hunter sits with a punt gun or duck shooter in a punt boat made specifically to accommodate the massive weapon. Read More...
