Ancient Greek Lake-Side Finds Push Wooden Tool Use Back to 430,000 Years

Archaeologists in Greece uncovered two wooden artifacts—one a roughly 80 cm digging-stick and another a smaller tool possibly used to shape stones—dated (via site age) to about 430,000 years, making them among the oldest wooden tools known. Their preservation in a wet, sediment-rich environment suggests they offer rare insight into early human tech, though it remains unclear who used them (Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens, or other hominins).