Wooden tools crafted by Neanderthals at hunting sites have been found before. For the first time, there's now evidence from a domestic context too. “We know what was happening in the kitchen, in the sleeping areas,” says @iphes-cerca.bsky.social's M. Gema Chacón. “It’s like a snapshot.” @science.org
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🏺 🦣 🧪 Been waiting YEARS for more deets on astonishing wooden objects used by #Neanderthals at Abric Romaní (a site which, as anyone who's read #Kindred knows, I rave about). Can't wait to dive in: bark(!) trays, wood tools inc poss spears, and structural objects www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"The inventory of wooden remains from Abric Romaní is extensive and represents a particularly unique case as it comes from a prehistoric domestic archaeological context." Important, cornerstone-paper from Saladie et al on Neanderthal wooden artefacts from Spain. 🦣🏺 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neanderthal Wood Tools Almost Never Survive — A Spanish Cliff Has Preserved Spears, Bowls and a Club With No Known Match www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/n...
