430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Rewrite Early Human Technology
TL;DR Summary
Archaeologists in the Megalopolis Basin, Greece, unearthed 430,000-year-old wooden tools—an alder digging stick and a tiny willow/poplar tool possibly for shaping stone—remarkably preserved in wet sediment, providing the oldest evidence that early humans used wood in tool-making and expanding our view of ancient technology.
- Shaped by ancient humans, 430,000-year-old wooden tools are the oldest ever found NBC News
- 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found The New York Times
- Scientists Find 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools in Greece The Daily Beast
- This ancient stick may be the world’s oldest handheld wooden tool Science News
- 430,000-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found Archaeology News Online Magazine
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
10
Time Saved
4 min
vs 4 min read
Condensed
94%
775 → 44 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on NBC News