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Interlocking logs may be evidence of the oldest known wooden structure

Roughly 480,000-year-old wood hints early hominids were more technically skilled than realized

A photo of an person on their hands and knees digging into the ground.

Archaeologists uncover a wooden structure dating to 476,000 years ago at Kalambo Falls in Zambia.

Larry Barham/Univ. of Liverpool

By Richard Kemeny

- More than 2 years ago

Modified logs dating to about 476,000 years ago might be the oldest evidence of wooden structures, a new study finds.