Rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools found in China reveal diet secrets of early humans - Until now, only two discoveries have been made of wooden tools from this period ...

Humans have been making and using wooden tools for over one million years, but since they decompose quickly, they rarely ...

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes.

Dating between 361,000 and 250,000 years old, these tools constitute the oldest examples of wooden technology in East Asia. Their diversity contrasts with rare similar artifacts found in Africa or ...

The hominins who lived at Gantangqing lived a heavily plant-based subsistence lifestyle. They had access to meat, and also ...

A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools recovered nearly a decade ago, Ancient Origins reported. The ancient ...

The wooden tools were used to help split more wood into planks, ... Construction Workers Dug Up a Sewer Line—and Found 3,800-Year-Old Tools. Tim Newcomb. June 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM.

In the hills of southwestern China, near the ancient shoreline of Fuxian Lake, a major archaeological discovery has reshaped ...

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown.Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the Gantangqing site in Southwest China's Yunnan province, presenting the earliest ...