World's oldest wooden structure discovered in Zambia, dating 476,000 years

[gary]

Full story here at ABC :-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-discovered-in-zambia/102882164

Nature story :-
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02928-4

Full open access paper at Nature :-
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06557-9

[Crater101]

Wow. Incredible story, hadn't seen that. Cheers!

[Max Vondel]

Still early days for the research but amazing preservation for half a million years. Even the stars would have looked very different overhead.