Researchers have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure in Zambia, and it’s almost half a million years old, according to a new study.
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two interlocking logs, with a notch deliberately crafted into the upper piece to allow them to fit together at right angles, according to a new study of cut marks made by stone tools.
It’s thought that Neanderthals made structures from bones or stalactites around 175,000 years ago. How was the structure made? Duller compared the technique used to connect the structure’s parts to Lincoln Logs, the children’s building toy made of miniature logs that lock together using square notches. He said it was improbable that the two logs drifted and linked together naturally.
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