Les plus anciens outils en bois découverts sur un site grec antique

24 mai 2026

Rapporté par l'IA

Des chercheurs ont identifié les plus anciens outils en bois tenus en main connus utilisés par des humains, datant d'environ 430 000 ans. Ces artefacts ont été mis au jour sur le site de Marathousa 1, dans la région du Péloponnèse en Grèce.

Une équipe internationale composée de l'Université de Reading, de l'Université de Tübingen et de la Senckenberg Nature Research Society a dirigé ces travaux. Les deux objets, l'un fabriqué en bois d'aulne et l'autre en saule ou en peuplier, présentent des traces évidentes de découpe, de façonnage et d'utilisation. L'étude a été publiée dans la revue PNAS et repousse la chronologie connue de tels outils d'au moins 40 000 ans.

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