Joe Rogan Experience #2547 - Daniel Everett · Aired Aug 27, 2026
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The oldest known wooden structure in human history, dated at 500,000 years old, was discovered in Zambia by Larry Barham.
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Larry Barham's team really did find this wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, and it really is considered the oldest known wooden structure. But the dating published in the 2023 study is 476,000 years, not 500,000, so the figure here rounds up more than the actual research supports.
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Is it true that the oldest known wooden structure in human history, dated at 500,000 years old, was discovered in Zambia by Larry Barham?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Larry Barham's team really did find this wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, and it really is considered the oldest known wooden structure. But the dating published in the 2023 study is 476,000 years, not 500,000, so the figure here rounds up more than the actual research supports. Daniel Everett said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2547 - Daniel Everett, aired Aug 27, 2026, at 37:37. The supporting source is sci.news, linked below.
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