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[^2]\n\nMore than 2,100 stone jars, carved from sandstone, granite, conglomerate, or fossilized coral, are located across the hills of northern Laos and date back to the late second millennium BCE. [^3]\n\nA team led by Dr Muhammad Ali of the Snow Leopard Foundation and colleagues at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad conducted a decade-long survey from 2010 to 2019 using 828 motion-sensor cameras. [^4]\n\nThe new estimate of 155 to 167 snow leopards is considerably lower than the 400 figures quoted in recent decades, suggesting either a substantial population decline or that earlier estimates were overestimates. [^5]\n\nJars located beneath heavier tree canopy contained less oxygen and generally more phosphorus due to the decomposition of fallen leaves and organic debris. [^6]\n\nLars Båstrup-Spohr, an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, stated that the jars have effectively functioned as a natural experiment for around 2,000 years. [^7]\n\nResearchers from the University of Copenhagen and the National University of Laos sampled 39 water-holding jars at five sites near Phonsavan to study their biological contents. 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