Site illustrates Neanderthal ingenuity

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An unusual method of cutting stone has been documented at a Neanderthal site in Aspe dating from 120,000 years ago.

By analysing debitage – the waste material produced by knapping stone to make prehistoric tools and weapons – a bipolar-on-anvil workshop was found at the Middle Palaeolithic site called Los Aljezares by a team from Valencia and Alicante universities.

Full report in today’s Costa Blanca News

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