A Wooden Club and Other Rare Finds Reveal ‘Invisible’ Side of Neanderthal Life

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:28 UTCUpdated Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:28 UTCOriginal reporting: Gizmodo

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“Perhaps the simplest message is that the Palaeolithic was not a world made only of stone.”…

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Reported by Gizmodo and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:28 UTC.

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A Wooden Club and Other Rare Finds Reveal ‘Invisible’ Side of Neanderthal Life
19:01 UTC · Hacker News
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