Not really—the topic is about wood drying, and this Nature article is the expanded footnote about how long humans have been working with wood.

EDIT: Sorry, you were referring to the GP's interest in the historic part. However, to me it sounded like you were offering this Nature article as a way to go deeper on wood drying, not the athropological footnote. Mea culpa, I was reading too fast. Thank you for the link!