The established view of Neanderthals as backward, primitive, ape-like creatures is challenged today by new research showing they used stone tools as successfully as early humans. A team from the University of Exeter, Southern Methodist University, Texas State University and the Think Tank Corporation spent three years producing stone tools to compare their use. Their work suggests the tools Neanderthals used were just as efficient, if not more so, than those developed by Homo sapiens... "It is time for archaeologists to start searching for other reasons why Neanderthals became extinct while our ancestors survived. Technologically speaking, there is no clear advantage of one tool over the other. When we think of Neanderthals we need to stop thinking in terms of 'stupid' or 'less advanced' and more in terms of 'different'." Neanderthals vanished from Europe 28,000 years ago. By then, they had lived beside humans for about 10,000 years.
A team from the University of Exeter, Southern Methodist University, Texas State University and the Think Tank Corporation spent three years producing stone tools to compare their use.
Their work suggests the tools Neanderthals used were just as efficient, if not more so, than those developed by Homo sapiens...
"It is time for archaeologists to start searching for other reasons why Neanderthals became extinct while our ancestors survived. Technologically speaking, there is no clear advantage of one tool over the other. When we think of Neanderthals we need to stop thinking in terms of 'stupid' or 'less advanced' and more in terms of 'different'."
Neanderthals vanished from Europe 28,000 years ago. By then, they had lived beside humans for about 10,000 years.
It is time for archaeologists to start searching for other reasons why Neanderthals became extinct while our ancestors survived
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