Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites early human history

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

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Ancient woodworkings found in Zambia suggest early humans built complex structures and were more settled than previously thought

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This blows my mind. It means that Neanderthals could have been building log cabins and their ancestors as well.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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