Tag: wooden artifacts
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Ancient Grains and Wooden Tools: Greece Reveals 430,000-Year-Old Artifacts at a Lake Shore
Unveiling an Early Chapter in Tool Technology Archaeologists have announced a breakthrough discovery from a lake shore in Greece: two wooden artifacts dating back an astonishing 430,000 years. The finds—one a long, spindly stick and the other a shorter, suggestive wooden implement—mark the oldest known wooden tools recovered to date. The excavation site, located along…
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Oldest wooden tools unearthed in Greece illuminate prehistoric lake life
Overview of the discovery Archaeologists have revealed two carved wooden artifacts from a lakeside site in Greece that push back the timeline of human-made wooden tools by nearly 430,000 years. The finds, uncovered along a lake shore after careful sediment work and excavation, include a slender digging stick and a second implement whose function is…