These 5,000 Year Old Artifacts Have Completely Changed Our Understanding Of The Neolithic Period

A team of archeologists have arrived at a village called Waim in the mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Range. The evening light is fading so Shaw and archeologists only have time to dig one exploratory trench. Almost immediately, the ground yields an expertly carved pestle. It’s more than 4,000 years old and is the first of many more extraordinary finds to come.