Neanderthals May Have Used Rhino Teeth as Tools - Archaeology Magazine

Neanderthals May Have Used Rhino Teeth as Tools - Archaeology Magazine

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND—Neanderthals may have used rhinoceros teeth as heavy-duty tools, Science News reports. Some 100,000 years ago, the narrow-nosed rhino (Stephanorhinus hemitoechus) and Neanderthals both lived in Europe. Alicia Sanz-Royo of the University of Aberdeen and her colleagues used microscopes to analyze marks on rhinoceros teeth recovered from Spain’s El Castillo site and France’s Pech-de-l’Azé II. The researchers identified grooves, n…

Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools for making stone implements, study finds

Neanderthals did more with hunted animals than eat their meat. A new study suggests they kept and reused rhinoceros teeth as durable tools during daily work. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and UNED in Madrid focused on an unusual pattern from several Neanderthal sites in Western Europe. At Payre in France, archaeologists found a […]