30,000-year-old dining table

A £7,000 dining table made of wood dating back to the time of cavemen has gone on sale in London.

It is made from 30,000-year-old wood from a Kauri tree that has been carbon-dated and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The wood is reclaimed from salt marsh swamps in New Zealand, where the mud and lack of oxygen have perfectly preserved whole trees instead of letting them fossilise.

Made in Italy, the ten-seater table is being sold in London department store Selfridges' contemporary interior space department, Loft Living.

Caitlin McCann, furniture buyer at the Oxford Street store, told Metro: "This table will certainly be the subject of dinner party talk. Whoever owns it will be dining in the grandeur of ancient history."

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