Yes, it is real: A 476,000-year-old wooden structure built by humans was found in Zambia, Africa.

Yes, it is real: A 476,000-year-old wooden structure built by humans was found in Zambia, Africa.
A very old wooden structure found deep in a riverbank could be the oldest wooden construction ever discovered. Using a new luminescence dating method, scientists found that human ancestors built it around 476,000 years ago. The structure is made of two logs joined by a carved notch, long before modern humans existed.
Archaeologists discovered ancient wooden logs at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. The logs were well-preserved because the wet conditions prevented them from rotting, and minerals in the water made the wood tougher over time.
The logs had intentional marks, likely made with stone tools, and their design suggests they were used to build something, like a walkway, a bridge, or a house base.
To figure out the logs’ age, scientists used a dating method that measures how long minerals in the surrounding dirt were buried. These minerals, especially feldspar, store radiation like a battery. In the lab, scientists release the stored energy to see how long it’s been since the dirt last saw sunlight. The results showed the logs are about 476,000 years old.
The discovery comes as a surprise because most archaeologists thought such early hominins were nomadic. Most artifacts from their time were easily carried, such as spears and digging sticks.
But early humans were apparently less nomadic and more capable than thought.

‘Oldest wooden structure’ discovered on border of Zambia and Tanzania

This article is more than 1 year old

Logs shaped with sharp tools on border of river predate rise of modern humans and may have formed walkway or platform

Related Posts

“The Last Embrace: A Mother and Child from the Stone Age”

In the cool silence of a Finnish forest, beneath layers of earth, time, and moss, archaeologists uncovered a heartbreak frozen in soil. What they found was not…

“The Orbital Womb: Legacy of the Sand Ring World”

In the forgotten quadrant of the Epsilon System, explorers from Earth stumbled upon what they initially mistook for a celestial illusion—a planet-like construct orbiting no sun, glowing…

The Iron Curse: Unearthing the Skeletons of Fear

Beneath the quiet earth of a remote Bulgarian village, archaeologists uncovered a scene that sent a chill deeper than any artifact ever could. A skeleton lay undisturbed…

Whispers in Linen and Bone: Unearthing the Sacred Pact

In the stillness of a museum basement in Cairo, beneath flickering fluorescent lights and the low hum of climate control systems, two ancient bodies rest in sterile…

The Divide of Skies and Steel

Off the coast of a hyper-modern shoreline resembling a futuristic Dubai, a colossal rift splits the heavens—an immense corridor carved into the very fabric of clouds. This…

Eternal Patterns: The X-ray of a Silent Soul

Discovered in the necropolis of Thebes, Egypt, this intricately wrapped mummy dates back to the 22nd Dynasty, around 945–715 BCE. Now preserved in the British Museum, it…