The research revealed the oldest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, according to anNYU release.
The findings werepublishedthis week in Science Advances.
Bitumen is an adhesive in its own right, but as a liquid doesnt make for a great glue.
A stone tool with a bitumen grip made by the recent team.Photo:Schmidt et al., Science Advances 2023
Neanderthals were intelligent and inventive, as evidenced by theirartworksand array oftools.
The Le Moustier finds were made in 1907 but have been in storage since the 1960s.
Ourmodern understanding of Neanderthalsis a far cry from older, outdated ideas about our nearest Homo relatives.
Micrographs showing wear on a Neanderthal tool.Graphic:Drawing by D. Greinert, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
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