科学家在希腊发现了430,000年的木制工具,这是手持工具的最古老的证据,将时间推后40,000年。 Scientists found 430,000-year-old wooden tools in Greece, the oldest evidence of hand-held tools, pushing back the timeline by 40,000 years.

科学家们在希腊梅加洛波利斯盆地的一个地点发现了最古老的已知木制工具,可追溯到大约430,000年。 Scientists discovered the oldest known wooden tools, dating back approximately 430,000 years, at a site in Greece's Megalopolis basin. 两种文物——一个长长的挖掘棍和一个小块柳木或木柴——被保存在潮湿、沉积丰富的条件下,防止腐烂。 Two artifacts—a long digging stick and a smaller piece of willow or poplar wood—were preserved in wet, sediment-rich conditions, preventing decay. 这些工具与石器和大象骨头一起发现,并带有切痕,表明早期人类或其祖先使用不同的工具包。 The tools, discovered alongside stone tools and elephant bones with cut marks, indicate that early humans or their ancestors used a diverse toolkit. 虽然创造这些技术的具体物种并不为人所知,但PNAS上公布的发现是手持木制工具的最早确凿证据,至少使这种技术的时间推回了40 000年。 Though the specific species that created them is unknown, the discovery, published in PNAS, represents the earliest definitive evidence of hand-held wooden tools, pushing the timeline for such technology back at least 40,000 years.