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Limits RegistryTwo interlocking logs joined by an intentionally cut notch, found waterlogged at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, were dated to at least 476,000 years ago. Reported in Nature in September 2023 by a team led by Larry Barham, it is the oldest known wooden structure and predates the emergence of Homo sapiens.
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Two interlocking logs joined by an intentionally cut notch, found waterlogged at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, were dated to at least 476,000 years ago. Reported in Nature in September 2023 by a team led by Larry Barham, it is the oldest known wooden structure and predates the emergence of Homo sapiens.
The age of the oldest known structure built from deliberately shaped and joined pieces of wood.
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Limits Registry. LR-OLDEST-KNOWN-WOODEN-STRUCTURE. Oldest known wooden structure. 2026.