Neanderthals' Ancient Adhesive: Mind-Altering Discovery

'Sprinkling' as old as Neanderthals, mind-changing study 'Sprinkling' as old as Neanderthals, mind-changing study

Scientists study that the 'primitives' Neanderthals used glue. The research is based on the evaluation of the objects found in the Berlin Museum. Neanderthals made clay by mixing two organic chemicals together. In 1910, when experiments were carried out using new technologies on a stone object found in the excavation, it was realized that they were glued and organic chemicals were used to glue them.

The team led by Patrick Schmidt, a researcher at the University of Tübingen, is behind the research. Recent research is changing the scientific and public perception of Neanderthals. Researchers say that they were not completely uncivilized as previously thought and that they were involved in many things that humans were busy with.

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After modern humans known as Homo sapiens, Neanderthals are the most studied human species. Scientists have obtained many of their fossils from many places. Scientists say that they inhabited the land from Europe to Central Asia. Their fossils were found for the first time from the Neander river valley in Germany. This is how this human group got the name Neanderthal.

Researchers discovered the cave that was the last base of the Neanderthals. It is in a cave called Vanguard in Gibraltar, which is located near Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. This cavity was closed for 40000 years. Vanguard is one of four caves on the famous Rock of Gibraltar. The discovery was made in 2001 after 9 years of research.

Scientists already know that Gibraltar is the primitive place where Neanderthals lived in groups. In addition to Vanguard, Neanderthal remains have also been found in three caves: Bennett Cave, Gorham Cave and Hyena Cave. Remains of fishes, crabs and clams, bird feathers and cave paintings were obtained from these places.

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This discovery debunked popular belief about Neanderthals. Many people think of Neanderthals as a very unintelligent, ape-like race of humans. But prominent anthropologists, including Finlayson, have suggested that they may have been as intelligent as humans, knowing how to fish in the sea and kill and eat crustaceans such as clams and crabs.

Summary:

Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered.