Re:Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
by varjag on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:39PM
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It's strange, for a jump from historical to an evolutionary timescale. I find this really hard to believe though naturally archeologists must be knowing what they're doing.
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Re:Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
by huthuthike on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:35PM
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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.
Re:Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
by _a_a_a_ on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @05:03PM
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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)