Ancient string provides further evidence of Neanderthals talents

Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 16:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Neanderthals used plant fibers to create string more than 40,000 years ago at a site in France where they hunted reindeer, further evidence according to scientists of the ingenuity and cognitive capabilities of our closest extinct human relatives.

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