The earliest tools used by humans were made of stone, followed by bronze, then iron, and finally steel.
But was there a “Wood Age”?This question has been difficult to answer as wood decomposes easily, leaving behind little evidence of ancient wooden tools – especially in East Asia.
However, a study published in the top journal Science on Friday suggests that wooden tools were widely used in southwest China 300,000 years ago.These wooden tools, unearthed during excavations in 2015 and 2018,...