Adhesive Grips on Neanderthal Tools Reveals Species' Advanced Creativity
Neanderthals were innovators and even engineers! Researchers have discovered stone tools from 120,000 to 40,000 years ago with complex adhesive handles,
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Neanderthals were innovators and even engineers! Researchers have discovered stone tools from 120,000 to 40,000 years ago with complex adhesive handles,
<p>Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, suggest these predecessors to modern humans had a higher level of cognition and cultural development than previously thought.</p>
Analysis of 40,000-year old tools created by Neanderthals reveals surprisingly sophisticated construction, including an adhesive material.
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