Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years

An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by Professor Katerina Harvati from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and ...
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Minnie Adkins continues wood carving at 91, inspiring generations through folk art

At 91 years old, Minnie Adkins continues to dedicate herself to her craft, wood carving six hours a day, five days a week.
New Scientist

Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool

Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have been fashioned as tools by an unknown species of ancient human ...
The New York Times

In the Path of a Raging Wildfire, a Luthier’s Precious Wood

Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate. Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the ...