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flag 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.

flag Scientists discovered the oldest known wooden tools, dating back approximately 430,000 years, at a site in Greece's Megalopolis basin. flag Two artifacts—a long digging stick and a smaller piece of willow or poplar wood—were preserved in wet, sediment-rich conditions, preventing decay. flag The tools, discovered alongside stone tools and elephant bones with cut marks, indicate that early humans or their ancestors used a diverse toolkit. flag 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.

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