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The linked article is about the discovery of the oldest known firearm in North America, found in Arizona. The artifact dates back to the Bronze Age, around 1400 BCE, and is believed to be a primitive form of a firearm that used gunpowder-like propellant to launch a projectile. This finding challenges the previously accepted notion that firearms were introduced to the Americas much later, during the European colonial era. The article discusses the significance of this discovery and its implications for our understanding of the technological development in pre-Columbian North America.