Tools, temples & tower blocks: how wood has shaped human history

<p>For millennia, humans have cut down trees to create buildings, ships, tools, weapons and everyday objects we still use around the home. Author and archaeologist Max Adams tells Jon Bauckham what studying this most resilient of materials can teach us about the history of our species.</p><p> </p><p>(Ad) Max Adams is the author of The Museum of the Wood Age (Head of Zeus, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Museum-Wood-Age-Max-Adams/dp/1788543505/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2N45LY77LGPE0&amp;keywords=max+adams&amp;qid=1665386697&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjA2IiwicXNhIjoiMy44MyIsInFzcCI6IjMuNDQifQ%3D%3D&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=max+ada%2Cstripbooks%2C649&amp;sr=1-10&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Museum-Wood-Age-Max-Adams/dp/1788543505/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2N45LY77LGPE0&amp;keywords=max+adams&amp;qid=1665386697&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjA2IiwicXNhIjoiMy44MyIsInFzcCI6IjMuNDQifQ%3D%3D&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=max+ada%2Cstripbooks%2C649&amp;sr=1-10&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-Histboty</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>