The bizarre fuss about Stone Age bits of wood found in Africa, and the motive for publicising them

The discovery of bits of wood in Zambia which date back almost half a million years is politically motivated and intended to make people believe that primitive people in Africa achieved great wonders.
https://www.theguardian.com/sc....ience/2023/sep/20/ol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton_Spear
Smithsonian Magazine (2016) Neanderthals Built Mysterious Stalagmite Semicircles; But why? Erin Blakemore 27/5/2016.