Research from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University reveals humans were constructing wooden structures 476,000 years ago at Kalambo Falls, Zambia. This discovery, dated using advanced techniques, highlights the early human capability to settle and challenges previous notions about S
The excavation team uncovering the wooden structure. Credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of Liverpool
Wood is rarely found in such ancient sites as it usually rots and disappears, but at Kalambo Falls permanently high water levels preserved the wood. Professor Larry Barham, from the University of Liverpool’s Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, who leads the ‘Deep Roots of Humanity’ research project said:
The wooden structure, showing where Stone Age Humans have cut into the wood. Credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of LiverpoolThe specialist dating of the finds was undertaken by experts at Aberystwyth University.
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