It turns out that, 40,000 years ago, European Neanderthals were successful engineers and chemists. A new study has revealed that our ancient relatives concocted a glue from two different raw materials ...

An artist's illustration of how a Neanderthal may have used an early stone tool, with a handle made from an adhesive mixture of ocher and bitumen. Daniela Greiner, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools--an important technological advance called ...

As Homo sapiens, we often consider ourselves to be the most intelligent hominins. But that doesn’t mean our species was the first to discover everything; it appears that Neanderthals found a way to ...

The birch-tar handled tool made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago Traces of ancient "glue" on a stone tool from 50,000 years ago points to complex thinking by Neanderthals, experts say. The glue was ...