"Neanderthal Engineering: Uncovering Advanced Tool-Making Skills"
Researchers have discovered that Neanderthals likely engineered a type of glue from ocher and bitumen to create handles for stone tools, shedding light on their complex thinking patterns. The artifacts, found in a French archaeological site, were recently rediscovered in a Berlin museum and date back between 40,000 and 60,000 years. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that Neanderthals were capable of creating materials according to their needs and challenges the popular stereotype of them as primitive beings.