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- Neanderthals' use of complex adhesives shows high cognitive abilities https://phys.org/news/2024-02-neanderthals-usage-complex-adhesives-reveals.html 110 comments
- Our Neanderthal Complex http://nautil.us/issue/18/genius/our-neanderthal-complex 19 comments
- This week's archaeological news: Lipstick, caravanserais, and complex Neanderthal adhesives https://www.ancientbeat.com/p/ancient-beat-98-lipstick-caravanserais 4 comments anthropology
- Neanderthal adhesives were made through a complex synthesis process https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/neanderthals-seem-to-be-the-first-humans-to-make-synthetic-materials/ 3 comments worldnews
- Neanderthal 'glue' points to complex thinking https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50131120 33 comments science
- An articulated Neanderthal skeleton, which has been unearthed at the 'flower burial' site, appears to have been buried intentionally. If Neanderthals were using Shanidar cave as a site of memory for the repeated ritual interment of their dead, it would suggest cultural complexity of a high order. https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/neanderthals-probably-also-respected-death 250 comments science
- Neanderthals collected dozens of skulls of large mammals in a cave in central Spain, in what researchers say is a unique example of complex “symbolic” behaviour. Remnants of ancient bison and other large mammals might have been kept as hunting trophies. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01503-7 25 comments science
- Scientists discovered a 41,000 to 52,000 years old cord made from 3 twisted bundles that was used by Neanderthals. It’s the oldest evidence of fiber technology, and implies that Neanderthals enjoyed a complex material culture and had a basic understanding of math. https://www.inverse.com/science/neanderthals-did-math-study 1592 comments science
- Scientists link Neanderthal extinction to human diseases. Complex disease transmission patterns could explain why it took tens of thousands of years after first contact for our ancestors to replace Neanderthals throughout Europe and Asia https://news.stanford.edu/press/view/31036 11 comments science
- Neanderthals constructed complex subterranean buildings 175,000 years ago, a new archaeological discovery has found. Neanderthals built mysterious, fire-scorched rings of stalagmites 1,100 feet into a dark cave in southern France—a find that radically alters our understanding of Neanderthal culture. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a21023/neanderthals-built-mystery-cave-rings-175000-years-ago/ 1529 comments science
- Neanderthal Bone Could Push Back Evolution of Complex Speech—Skeleton of 60,000 yr-old adult male has bone suggesting complex speech. If hyoid bones of 500,000 yr-old Homo heidelbergensis have similar configuration, then human-like speech may have begun 400,000 yrs earlier than thought. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25465102 32 comments history