Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a team from the University of Liverpool and ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two ...

Even though our forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, new wooden structures are typically made of all-new wood. A special computer system could help change that, by facilitating the use of ...

More architects are turning to wood to build their structures and make them more sustainable. In Sweden, a $110 million center was built as a proof of concept for this. Other architects in Sweden are ...

The earliest signs of wooden structures were discovered by a group of archeologists in Zambia. These structures are about 500,000 years old, the scientists responsible for the find said. These ...

Archaeologists have discovered an "exceptionally well-preserved" wooden cellar from the Roman period. The ancient wooden structure was unearthed during excavations in Heddernheim—a district of the ...

Archaeologists investigating cut logs and other wooden tools at a site near Zambia’s Kalambo Falls have found the settlement to be far more ancient than previously thought: the logs date back to ...

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