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huthuthike
on Sept 20, 2023
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Archaeologists discover oldest wooden structure
Well we know that homo species have been using stone for millions of years because stone doesn't degrade easily. It's not that wild of a jump in logic to think they've been using wood for just as long.
_a_a_a_
on Sept 20, 2023
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Recently it was found monkeys/apes producing chippings that looked very much like what we thought hominids were producing, so that caused some upset. Edit:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-flakes-made-...
(And the wood found here was worked, not just a handy pokey-stick)
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