Old wooden structures found under German lake are thousands of years older than expected

Scientists found carved wood in Lake Arendsee that dates back 10,500 years, changing what we know about early humans.

Researchers have found something amazing at the bottom of Lake Arendsee in Germany. They pulled up pieces of wood that were carved about 10,500 years ago. This is a big deal because it changes what we thought we knew about history. For a long time, experts believed that people only started building permanent structures once they became farmers. Farming started in this area much later than 10,500 years ago. These pieces of wood show that the people living there back then were not just wandering around without a plan. They were hunter-gatherers, meaning they survived by hunting animals and p…