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The_Cysko_Kid t1_j9ofjmj wrote

So...smithsonian mag can't identify who these enslaved people were, who they were enslaved by, or what they were actually doing but they can say wirh absolute certainty they dug up a mammoth tooth and were able to correctly identify it, and that their place of origin was in the congo.

Sounds like a cool story with, you know, quite a bit of creative license.

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CamelSpotting t1_j9pf5j4 wrote

It doesn't say they can't identify who they were enslaved by, learning and recording the names of slaves wasn't that common, and digging has been one of the most common labors in history. What exactly is your issue?

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Plydgh t1_j9pnxbw wrote

Presumably the mammoth remains would have been identified by somebody. And somebody would have written something about this down. Otherwise we wouldn’t know it happened.

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CamelSpotting t1_j9pqrom wrote

Presumably reading the article would identify that somebody.

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