How 34,000-year-old termite mounds unearthed rewrite climate history In an astonishing breakthrough, scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in Namaqualand, South Africa. These extraordinary mounds, dating back a mind-boggling 34,000 years, are revolutionising our understanding of prehistoric life, ancient climates, and natural carbon storage. The Remarkable "Heuweltjies" Locally known as "heuweltjies," meaning "little hills" in Afrikaans, these termite mounds are the creation of the southern harvester termite (Microhodotermes viator). Dr. Michele Francis, a Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University, leads the team that discovered these...