TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro-Magnon



Submitted February 05, 2015 at 07:22PM by huphelmeyer http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2uvca9/til_in_1965_a_ukrainian_farmer_dug_up_the_lower/