Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago.
Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago.
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DOI：
10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9
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发表时间：
2023-10
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
Nkombwe, P.
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Barham, L.;Duller, G. A. T.;Candy, I.;Scott, C.;Cartwright, C. R.;Peterson, J. R.;Kabukcu, C.;Chapot, M. S.;Melia, F.;Rots, V.;George, N.;Taipale, N.;Gethin, P.;Nkombwe, P.
早期石器时代的木制品很少能存活下来，因为它们需要特殊的保存条件；因此，我们对古人类何时以及如何使用这种基本原料的信息有限。我们在此报告考古记录中最早的木材结构使用证据。赞比亚Kalambo瀑布考古遗址的水淹沉积物，通过发光可以追溯到至少476±23千年前（ka），保存了两根互锁的原木，它们被一个故意切割的缺口横向连接在一起。这种建筑在非洲或欧亚旧石器时代没有已知的相似之处。已知最早的木制人工制品是一块抛光木板碎片，来自以色列Gesher Benot Ya’aqov的阿舍利遗址，距今780多年。。用于觅食和狩猎的木制工具出现在400年前的欧洲、中国，可能还有非洲。在Kalambo，我们还发现了4件390ka至324ka的木制工具，包括楔子、挖掘棒、切割原木和缺口树枝。这些发现显示了一种意想不到的早期形态多样性，以及将树干塑造成大型组合结构的能力。这些新数据不仅扩大了非洲木工的年龄范围，而且扩大了我们对早期人类技术认知的理解，迫使人们重新审视树木在技术史上的使用。在赞比亚被水浸透的沉积物中发现的木制工艺品可以追溯到477年前，这表明在早期，木工的复杂程度是迄今为止未知的。
Wood artefacts rarely survive from the Early Stone Age since they require exceptional conditions for preservation; consequently, we have limited information about when and how hominins used this basic raw material. We report here on the earliest evidence for structural use of wood in the archaeological record. Waterlogged deposits at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, dated by luminescence to at least 476 ± 23 kyr ago (ka), preserved two interlocking logs joined transversely by an intentionally cut notch. This construction has no known parallels in the African or Eurasian Palaeolithic. The earliest known wood artefact is a fragment of polished plank from the Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Israel, more than 780 ka (refs. ). Wooden tools for foraging and hunting appear 400 ka in Europe, China and possibly Africa. At Kalambo we also recovered four wood tools from 390 ka to 324 ka, including a wedge, digging stick, cut log and notched branch. The finds show an unexpected early diversity of forms and the capacity to shape tree trunks into large combined structures. These new data not only extend the age range of woodworking in Africa but expand our understanding of the technical cognition of early hominins, forcing re-examination of the use of trees in the history of technology. Wooden artefacts from waterlogged deposits in Zambia dating back 477 ka indicate hitherto unknown sophistication in woodworking at an early date.
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影响因子：
2.7
作者：
Durcan, Julie A.;King, Georgina E.;Duller, Geoffrey A. T.
通讯作者：
Duller, Geoffrey A. T.
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1716068115
发表时间：
2018-02-27
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
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通讯作者：
Santaniello, Fabio
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2
作者：
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影响因子：
2
作者：
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通讯作者：
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影响因子：
3.7
作者：
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Caruana, Matthew, V