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Neanderthals

Ritual Practices Symbolic Thought Artistic Expression Cognitive Abilities Stone Tools Tool Making Fat Processing

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Science Advances paper reveals systematic bone fragmentation with heating of 172 large mammals to extract lipids for potential storage.

43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint Unearthed in Segovia

Neanderthals Crafted Advanced Tools with Complex Glue, Revealing High Cognition