Scientists have long debated whether Neandertals were as sophisticated as the early homo sapiens who lived alongside them. New evidence from a 50-thousand-year-old Neandertal campsite suggests they ...
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The discovery of painted shells used as jewelry by Neanderthals suggests the homonids were capable of advanced and symbolic thought, scientists say. Joao Zilhao of the University of Bristol, U.K., and ...
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—Microscopic examination of five 120,000-year-old clamshells unearthed in Israel’s Qafzeh Cave detected striations around naturally occurring holes near their tops, according to an Ars ...