Ancient woodworkings found in Zambia suggest early humans built complex structures and were more settled than previously thought
  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    8 months ago

    Our understanding of what “primitive” humans could do keeps expanding and pushing back further in time. This find moves the bar a very long way.

    • btaf45@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

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

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    8 months ago

    So they talk about this as if it were a new innovation at the time—but could it be that this kind of woodworking was more widespread and this was just the only example to survive? Could it have been a standard part of the Acheulian toolkit?

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I think that was the time fire was discovered/harnessed. That’s old for human history.

  • novibe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    8 months ago

    I would honestly be shocked if there were no Homo Erectus cities and large scale societies. They existed for far longer than us, and were almost if not just as smart as us.

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
    28·
    8 months ago

    I understand that science needs evidence, but I’m surprised at how surprised they sound when they manage to prove things people on YouTube have been adamant about for a long time.

      • Oneobi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Wait, I’m on lemmy and this is the first I’ve heard that the earth is flat.

      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
        12·
        8 months ago

        Sad facts! But you get what I mean. The idea that this isn’t the first civilization and that things were much more advanced than we’ve assumed isn’t a new idea and there’s more and more evidence to support it.