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Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say

Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists sayWorldPing

Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows.

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