Äldsta träverktygen funna på antik grekisk plats

24 maj 2026

Rapporterad av AI

Forskare har identifierat de äldsta kända handhållna träverktygen som använts av människor, vilka dateras till cirka 430 000 år tillbaka i tiden. Artefakterna upptäcktes på platsen Marathousa 1 i regionen Peloponnesos i Grekland.

Ett internationellt team från University of Reading, universitetet i Tübingen och Senckenberg Nature Research Society ledde arbetet. De två föremålen, det ena tillverkat av al och det andra av vide eller poppel, uppvisar tydliga spår av huggning, täljning och användning. Studien publicerades i tidskriften PNAS och förlänger den kända tidslinjen för sådana verktyg med minst 40 000 år.

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