gavin_kim3•2mo agoMost Upvoted

PSA: Just learned the oldest known wooden structure is 476,000 years old

Found that in a Nature article about some preserved logs in Zambia. Makes you wonder what else is still buried out there, right?

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the_joel2mo ago

Isn't it wild how we keep pushing back the dates on everything? I saw something similar about how Neanderthals were making art way earlier than we thought. It feels like every few months there's a new find that rewrites the timeline, you know? Makes you realize how much of our story is still just guesswork.

grant7281mo ago

Honestly that line about how much of our story is guesswork really hit me. I used to think the history books were pretty much set in stone. But seeing them push back the date for Neanderthal art by like 20,000 years totally changed my mind. It makes you wonder what else we have completely wrong right now.

the_mary2mo ago

Yeah, @the_joel, at this rate they'll find out my ancestors were drawing stick figures in caves.