I'd like to ask, if anyone can come up with the oldest known woodworker in our earths history. This woodworker needs a name, it cannot be a segment of a society, nor an era of our worlds history such as any of the Big Era's and it cannot be a people in a region such as "The Egyptians". I am looking for a name, it can be in literature of fiction as well, drama, poetry, and of course non-fiction. You can use any venue of research you like, google and such. Yes this is a challenge! No prize at the end, just fun debate.

 

 

Noah?

I don't recall Adam being a builder.

Edited September 7, 201510 yr by Gene Howe

So here we are! Stuck somewhere between the dawn of time and Noah!

Now if we could nail down a specific era or timeline for Noah perhaps we can dial in other notable woodworker's before Noah? How about Methuselah's relatives? We may have to abandon Old Testament woodworkers, as this discussion would stop here! But lets give it more time.

Edited September 7, 201510 yr by Courtland

I believe it was Og, The Neanderthal-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2255383/The-carpenters-7-000-year-old-German-water-wells-reveal-earliest-known-use-wood-construction.html 

I believe it was Og, The Neanderthal-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2255383/The-carpenters-7-000-year-old-German-water-wells-reveal-earliest-known-use-wood-construction.html 

Lew, I looked for the name Og and could not find it. Can you point me to the specific line in that article? Awesome article by the way!

Og-   The Neanderthal  

Og-   The Neanderthal  

Man Lew, I am completely lost, I know this is a joke, and I want to understand it, where does Og come from! Help! I feel so dumb!

http://www2.wmin.ac.uk/clemenr/ORACLE/og.html

It could have been Alley Oop 

Here's another interesting factual article

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-humans-had-woodwork/

Ok, got the joke now Lew! Thanks!

Back on track, any names folks? Who is your oldest woodworker in literature, biblical, historical? Names please!

Castor.

Castor.

Who is Castor Larry?

Who is Castor Larry?

You don't know who Castor is?

Well here's Castor,

But, I can go farther back than that. 

Must be human.

Courtland - you're a spoil sport. 

Must be human.

Hmmm Ok,

Nah-doo-si , followed by Mother Earth. 

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest evidence for woodworking yet. According to a report published in the April 2001 issue of the Journal of Human Evolution, 1.5-million-year-old stone tools belonging to Homo erectus sport telltale traces of acacia wood. The new finding predates the oldest known wooden implements by about a million years.

Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo  of the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and his colleagues unearthed the ancient hand axes, which were made in the so-called Acheulean tradition, at a site called Peninj in Tanzania. Subsequent microanalyses of the matrix adhering to the tools revealed residues of wood indistinguishable from those known from acacia. Furthermore, the tools exhibit wear patterns indicative of heavy-duty activities, such as hardwood working.

"The importance of this study is that it shows that humans, at a very early stage of their evolution, were producing wooden implements that have not been preserved in the archaeological record," the researchers write in their report. Although it has been suggested that such early hominids lacked the necessary technology for hunting, the new study opens up the possibility that they were making wooden spears. "This could have enhanced their adaptation as hunters to open environments," the team notes, "and gives us further insight into the complex intelligence of hominids at that time."

Hey Ernie, your as bad as Larry! Must be human, with a name! So far we have Noah, surely a known woodworker existed before Noah!

Courtland - you're a spoil sport. 

Ya I know, but it's fun.

Hmmm Ok,

Nah-doo-si , followed by Mother Earth. 

Was Nah-doo-si a woodworker? And can you reference a source for that fact?