300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In China

Rare wooden tools from 300,000 years ago found in China

Hominins living on the shore of proto-Lake Fuxian dug for roots using wooden tools, possibly revealing a different survival strategy from their carnivorous peers in chilly Europe

300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools “Made By Denisovans” Discovered In China

"There's no question they were smart, they were intelligent, they were advanced," study author Prof Bo Li told IFLScience.

Gantangqing site in southwest China yields 300,000-year-old wooden tools

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)—New discoveries from the Pleistocene-age Gantangqing site in southwestern China reveal a diverse collection of wooden tools dated from ~361,000 to 250,000 years ago, marking the earliest known evidence of complex wooden tool technology in East Asia. The findings* reveal that the Middle Pleistocene humans who used these... Read more »