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Re:Earliest Carpenters: 476,000-year-old log structure disco... by Muehe on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:06AM (#38612215)
I'd assume it's due to the discovery not being some human remains but rather processed wood, making it the oldest evidence for wood working we have by a massive margin. Quote from the article:

> Prior to this discovery, the oldest known surviving wooden structures were built by people living in northern England around 11,000 years ago.

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Re:Earliest Carpenters: 476,000-year-old log structure disco... by bomewish on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:56PM (#38635390)
I get that. I just thought there were a tonne of even more exotic finds of more advanced technology than woodworking — but it’s not always clear which are ‘fringe’ and which have been invested with the epistemic authority of institutional science. That is the confusing thing.
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