Ancient stone tools tell an epic new story about Neanderthals
Neanderthal(Homo neanderthalensis) fossils were first discovered in western Europein the mid-nineteenth century. That was just the first in a long line of surprises thrown up by our closest evolutionary cousins.We reveal another in our new studyof the Neanderthals who lived in Chagyrskaya Cave in southern Siberiaaround 54,000 years ago. Their distinctive stone tools are dead ringers for those found thousands of kilometers away in eastern and central Europe.The intercontinental journey made by these intrepid Neanderthals is equivalent to walking from Sydney to Perth, or from New York to Los Ang...
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