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Article: Why Neanderthal man may not have been as stupid as he looks
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2008
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Neanderthals were not as stupid as they have been portrayed,
according to a study showing their stone tools were just as good as
those made by the early ancestors of modern humans, Homo sapiens.
Scientists who spent years learning how to make replicas of the
stone instruments used by Neanderthals and Homo sapiens have found
the Neanderthal tools were just as efficient as anything made by
Stone Age man.
And researchers believe that the demise of the Neanderthals -
which has often been explained by the supposed inferiority of their
technology - could not have come about solely as a result of their
stone tools being worse than those of their rivals.
"Our research disputes a major pillar holding ...
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