7k-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ever discovered
&gt; Its design shines a light on technical skills that researchers didn&#x27;t think Neolithic people possessed.<p>It seems these kinds of discoveries -- people were more advanced at some point in time than previously believed -- happen quite frequently. It makes me realize I have a much too linear view of the development of technology and civilization. There have been many stops and starts and backtracking along the way, of course with plenty of uneven distribution across single points in time as well.