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This African waterfall hid a 476,000-year-old wooden structure, and it wasn’t built by humans like us

At Kalambo Falls in Zambia, ancient humans shaped and fitted together large pieces of wood to build a substantial structure at least 476,000 years ago, long before our own species existed. The ...
CNN

‘Extraordinary’ structure has no real parallel in the archaeological record, scientists say

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest ...
Newsweek

Archaeologists Discover ‘Rare,’ Well-Preserved Bronze Age Wooden Structure

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have uncovered a "rare" wooden structure that appears to ...
The Conversation

Discovery of half‑a‑million‑year‑old wooden structure shows we’re wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives

To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today’s fast changing world, older ...
NPR

World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes

The find didn't look like much at first – basically a log, lying crosswise over another log. "It didn't look particularly exciting," says Larry Barham, professor of archaeology at the University of ...
Miami Herald

800-year-old wooden contraption unearthed in Germany. See the medieval structure

Archaeologists in Wiedenbrück found an 800-year-old wooden structure used to hold back water and reinforce the bank, photos show. Photo from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association Digging into the ...