Prof Larry Barham News Today

Researchers in Zambia have uncovered remains of the world’s oldest known wooden structures which are logs shaped with sharp tools.

A group of researchers have uncovered a 500,000 year old sample on the banks of a river in Zambia that may have changed ancient human history forever.

The discovery has changed archaeologists understanding of ancient human life

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

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