When Neanderthals dominated Europe, it was likely that wood was at least as important to them as stone for working into tools ...
Artistic illustration of Neanderthals returning from a hunt. Credit: Hugo Prades/IPHES-CERCA. At a prehistoric rock shelter ...
A Spanish rock shelter preserves rare evidence of Neanderthal woodworking, from spears to possible household objects.
Wooden objects usually decompose quickly, but periodic flooding and minerals in the water helped preserve those at a site ...
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(Paul Hudson/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) We Homo sapiens are pretty damn proud of our tool-making prowess. From smartphones to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Zlatý kůň skull, found in a cave site in present-day Czechia. Its DNA showed similarities to bones found in a German cave, ...
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Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London.Credit: Photo: Allan Henderson under CC BY 2.0 Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound and ...
Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution. Thanks to modern technology (and based on skull remains), we can now reconstruct a likely ...
A Neanderthal growth hormone receptor may be linked to slightly greater muscle mass in some people today. Here is what it ...