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after a marketing blitz that saw stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

This photo provided by researchers shows Kalambo Falls in Zambia in 2019. A pair of crossed logs found on a riverbed nearby may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood, nearly half a million years old, according to a study published Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in the journal Nature. (Geoff Duller/Aberystwyth University via AP)This photo provided by researchers shows Kalambo Falls in Zambia in 2019. A pair of crossed logs found on a riverbed nearby may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood, nearly half a million years old, according to a study published Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in the journal Nature. (Geoff Duller/Aberystwyth University via AP)

The log structure was made at least 476,000 years ago, while the wood tools are slightly younger, under 400,000 years old. That places the materials in a time before our species, Homo sapiens, evolved.They would have been made by another kind of early human cousin — possibly Homo heidelbergensis, which was around in Africa at the time, authors said.If these ancient humans were putting effort into “the furniture of the site,” it suggests they may have stayed for a while or made repeat visits — not just roamed around as bands of hunter-gatherers, according to Dirk Leder, an archaeologist at Germany’s Lower Saxony State Office for Cultural Heritage who was not involved with the research.

In this photo provided by researchers, an excavation team uncovers a wooden structure found on a riverbed near a waterfall in Zambia in 2019. The pair of crossed logs may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood, nearly half a million years old, according to a study published Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in the journal Nature. (Larry Barham/University of Liverpool via AP)In this photo provided by researchers, an excavation team uncovers a wooden structure found on a riverbed near a waterfall in Zambia in 2019. The pair of crossed logs may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood, nearly half a million years old, according to a study published Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in the journal Nature. (Larry Barham/University of Liverpool via AP)

And if “laying a couple of logs down doesn’t sound that exciting,” said Annemieke Milks, an archaeologist at the University of Reading who also was not involved in the study, consider this — it shows a different perspective from the usual stone tools that are often discovered.

“It’s an important window into what these humans were capable of,” Milks said.“Ramazan davulcusu” or Ramadan drummer Muzaffer Kara gets dressed with a traditional attire at his house, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 28, 2024. From the Ottoman era, drummers dressed up with traditional attire play drums in their neighbourhoods at early morning hours to wake up people for “suhoor” or pre-dawn meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

“Ramazan davulcusu” or Ramadan drummer Muzaffer Kara gets dressed with a traditional attire at his house, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 28, 2024. From the Ottoman era, drummers dressed up with traditional attire play drums in their neighbourhoods at early morning hours to wake up people for “suhoor” or pre-dawn meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)While some major religions continue to view homosexual behavior as sinful, our gallery includes some eye-catching depictions of inclusion — LGBTQ-friendly services at a

embraced by his congregation after he summoned the nerve to disclose that he is gay;on the verge of being reinstated as a United Methodist pastor, 20 years after she was defrocked due to a now-repealed LGBTQ ban.