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New findings from a Pleistocene site in southwestern China reveal the oldest known use of carefully crafted wooden tools in East Asia, dating back more than 350,000 years. Credit: Liu et al., 10.1126/science.adr8540.

Extraordinary discovery in China: 300,000-year-old wooden tools change what we thought about early humans

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Dozens of carefully crafted wooden tools for digging and processing plants have been discovered at a Pleistocene site in southwestern China – indicating a technology far more complex than that attributed to early populations in East Asia.
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Do not burn wood

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Burning wood is one of the most polluting ways to generate energy and heat. don't do it
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