By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 13:00:55 | Updated at 2024-11-22 19:09:15
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65,000-year-old hearth in Gibraltar may have been a Neanderthal 'glue factory,' study finds
Live Science ^ | 21 Nov 2024 | Kiona Smith
Posted on 11/22/2024 4:42:20 AM PST by blueplum
Archaeologists in the Iberian Peninsula have discovered a 65,000-year-old tar-making "factory" engineered by Neanderthals — a feat pulled off 20,000 years before modern humans (Homo sapiens) set foot in the region, a new study finds.
The sticky tar helped Neanderthals produce glue to make weapons and tools. The so-called factory — a carefully designed hearth — enabled the Neanderthals to precisely control the fire and manage the temperature of the flame that produced their gooey creations....
...the newfound hearth, seemingly dug into the floor of a cave in what is now Gibraltar, shows that Neanderthals were skilled engineers who had fine-tuned the glue-making process....
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; gibraltar; neanderthals
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1 posted on 11/22/2024 4:42:20 AM PST by blueplum
To: blueplum
The dumb Neanderthals used to eat it.
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To: blueplum
Gibraltar appears to be very productive archeological locale.
(In addition to being a geographical thorn in the side of sovereign Spain).
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