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Prehistoric 'Aspirin' Found in Sick Neanderthal's Teeth
It’s a good thing that Neanderthals didn’t have tartar-control toothpaste. What looks to us like unsightly buildup has turned out to be a goldmine for microbiologists who study human evolution.
Hartford Courant22d
Ancient wooden spears may have been wielded by Neanderthals, study suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are ...
Associated Press23d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This 2007 photo provided by researchers shows the ...
Yahoo23d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
This 2007 photo provided by researchers shows the end of a wooden hunting spear estimated to be about 200,000 years old discovered in a coal mine in the German town of Schöningen. (C. S. Fuchs ...
The Journal23d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the ...
KAAL TV23d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are ...
Phys.org24d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...
IFLScience24d
Striking Results Show Neanderthal Crafters Were Sharper Than We Thought
When you think about Neanderthals, “master crafters” probably isn’t the term that comes to mind. But our ancestral cousins are nothing if not surprising – and, according to a new study out ...
IFLScience24d
Neanderthals Used World’s Oldest Wooden Spears To Hunt Horses 200,000 Years Ago
The world’s oldest wooden spears were probably made by Neanderthals around 200,000 years ago and used to annihilate entire families of wild horses, according to a new study. First discovered at ...
Courthouse News Service24d
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
(C. S. Fuchs/Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ...
ZME Science25d
Neanderthals Crafted Bone Spears 30,000 Years Before Modern Humans Came In
It’s so specialized that it shatters the long-standing myth that Neanderthals were technologically stuck in the Stone Age. This tiny artifact, unearthed in Mezmaiskaya Cave in southern Russia ...
Star Tribune25d
Review: Neanderthals did it, Lizzie Borden (maybe) did it. A new history of the ‘Whack Job.’
The book’s first chapter covers the killing of a Neanderthal-ish man but the final chapter describes events from 2019. (The axe murder of Frank Lloyd Wright’s mistress and six others at Spring ...