The find didn't look like much at first – basically a log, lying crosswise over another log. "It didn't look particularly exciting," says Larry Barham, professor of archaeology at the University of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two interlocking ...

Modified logs dating to about 476,000 years ago might be the oldest evidence of wooden structures, a new study finds. “It’s a challenge to preconceptions about what are considered sophisticated, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a "rare" wooden structure that appears to have been preserved for thousands of years. The wooden well was found during excavations conducted at a site in the county of ...

The world's largest wooden structure has been completed. Aptly named the Grand Ring, it takes the form of a massive circular loop with a walkway on top and has a circumference of approximately 2 km (1 ...

Archaeologists in 2023 announced the discovery of the oldest known wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. The discovery dates to nearly 476,000 years ago, long before Homo sapiens ever appeared.