Neanderthal glue points to complex thinking
Neanderthals likely made a type of glue to help them better grip stone tools, according to a new analysis of artifacts recently rediscovered in a Berlin museum.
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Neanderthals likely made a type of glue to help them better grip stone tools, according to a new analysis of artifacts recently rediscovered in a Berlin museum.
Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered.
<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>
Neanderthals likely made a type of glue to help them better grip stone tools, according to a new analysis of artifacts recently rediscovered in a Berlin museum.
Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered.