The wooden structure has no real parallel in the archaeological record, according to the study. The wooden structure was found at an archaeological site upstream of Kalambo Falls in Zambia.

(CNN) — Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of ...

The wooden structure has no real parallel in the archaeological record, according to the study. The earliest known wood artifact is a 780,000-year-old fragment of polished plank found at the site ...