Greece Uncovers 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tool, Oldest Known Woodworking Implement
Archaeologists in Greece’s Megalopolis basin found a 430,000-year-old wooden tool, likely used for digging, plus a second, more enigmatic implement that may have helped shape stone. Preserved by ancient sediment and a wet lakebed environment, these are the oldest wooden tools identified and suggest early wood use far earlier than previously confirmed, though no human remains were found and dating is inferred from the site’s age.