476,000-Year-Old Wooden Log Discovered at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls

A timber structure discovered beneath Kalambo Falls in Zambia is at least 476,000 years old, according to luminescence dating of surrounding sediment published in the journal Nature. Desmond Clark in the 1950s, features tapered ends and deliberate notches, providing early evidence of humans shaping and joining wood. The Kalambo Falls Timber Discovery and Dating Archaeologist … Read more