Well-organized Neanderthals tidied up around the cave 

Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research suggests that Neanderthals kept a tidy home. During excavations at a cave in Italy where a group of our closest known extinct relatives once lived, scientists say they found a strategically placed hearth and separate spaces for butchering and tool-making.

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