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Q: What is the difference between Acheulean and Neanderthal tools?
A: Neanderthal tools are more difficult to produce than Acheulean tools, requiring a much higher degree of preparation and planning. Neanderthals used a technique called Levallois flaking whereby a stone core is first prepared and then a larger oval flake is removed and further refined.
Q: What tools did Neanderthals use?
A: Neanderthals also produced a much wider range of tools with tool kits included up to 40 different types, many of which appear to have had specialized functions. Many of their tools were scrapers which may have been used to scrape animal hides for clothing.
Q: What is the correct way to spell Neanderthal?
A: Since “Neanderthal”, or “Neandertal”, is a common name, there is no authoritative prescription on its spelling, unlike the spelling of the binominal name H. neanderthalensis, which is predicated by King 1864. The common name in German is invariably Neandertaler (lit. “of the valley of Neander”), not Neandertal ,…
Q: Can we infer Neanderthal behaviour from ancient DNA in dental calculus?
A: “Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus”. Nature. 544 (7650): 357–361. Bibcode: 2017Natur.544..357W. doi: 10.1038/nature21674. hdl: 10261/152016. PMID 28273061. S2CID 4457717. ^ Fennel, K. J.; Trinkaus, E. (1997). “Bilateral femoral and tibial periostitis in the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal”.