Article: Neanderthals 'more advanced than we thought'

Tools thought to have once belonged to Neanderthals have provided new insight into their lives, suggesting they were "sophisticated" huntsmen, it was revealed yesterday.

Archaeologists from University College London (UCL) have discovered artefacts at a site known as Beedings, near Pulborough, West Sussex, which they believe show the species was more technologically advanced than previously thought.

The excavation, which has been funded by English Heritage, has been taking place since February and has uncovered tools that are believed to have been used by prehistoric man to hunt game such as reindeer, bison and mammoth up to 42,000 years ago.

Dr Matthew Pope of UCL's Institute of ...

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