Statistics for Some of the Oldest Things On Earth

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Thing	Origin	Age	Answer	% Correct
Oldest Known Writing	Ancient Sumeria	About 5,519 years old	Kish Tablet	75%
Flutes	Germany	43,000 – 42,000 years old	Geisenklösterle Flutes	50%
Oldest Artifacts	Kenya	3.3 million years old	Lomekwi Stone Tools	50%
Oldest Fossil	Canada	4.2 billion years old	Hematite Tubes	25%
Oldest Rock	Australia	4.3 billion years	Jack Hills Zircon	25%
Oldest Lake	Kazakhstan	65 million years old	Lake Zaysan	25%
Coin	Turkey	About 2,629 years old	Lydian Lion	25%
Oldest Mountain	South Africa and Swaiziland	3.6 billion years old	Makhonjwa Mountains	25%
Oldest Visible Organism	Australia	3.5 billion years old	Stromatolites	25%
Oldest Human Fossil	Malawi	2.5 – 2.3 million years old	UR 501 Jawbone	25%