Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago

Nature ^ | 20 September 2023 | L. Barham

[zeestephen]

Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional conditions for preservation; consequently, we have limited information about when and how hominins used this basic raw material1. We report here on the earliest evidence for structural use of wood in the archaeological record. [Very long article, but several excellent photos and illustrations]

[zeestephen]

Archaeology ping.

"Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago"

[BobL]

At least those Africans had enough BRAINS to not use OSB in that climate.

[algore]

how many genders were there back then?

At least we know at least one of the had a woody

[Fungi]

Exactly and not a year more or less. How was it dated? Nonsense.

[zeestephen]

Re: OSB

Oriented Strand Board

[zeestephen]

Re: How was it dated? Nonsense.

"Waterlogged deposits at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, dated by luminescence to at least 476 ± 23 kyr ago (ka)."

[BobL]

“Oriented Strand Board”

Looks more disoriented to me. Perhaps we should have listened to our ancestors.

[Adder]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks zeestephen.

• Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure [09/21/2023]

[Adder]

Not a straight piece of lumber in the bunch...musta come from Lowes...