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Article: Neanderthals 'more advanced than we thought'
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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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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