"Unveiling Prehistoric Minds: Insights from Adhesive Technology Modeling"

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have used computational modeling to study the production processes of birch bark tar, one of the world's oldest transformative technologies. The findings suggest that Neanderthals likely possessed cognitive traits associated with modern thinking and behavior, as they used complex production methods to create the tar. Scaling up the technological process was found to significantly impact complexity, indicating that prehistoric tar making required advanced information processing. The research contributes to understanding the behaviors and technical cognition of Neanderthals and early modern humans.