Neandertals really knew their way around a fire. In a sea cave sheltered from the blustery winds of Gibraltar, our ancient cousins created a hearth capable of making tar from nearby plants, a new ...

Neandertals took stick-to-itiveness to a new level. Using just scraps of wood and hot embers, our evolutionary cousins figured out how to make tar, a revolutionary adhesive that they used to make ...

Neanderthals started using tar to make tools and weapons at least 200,000 years ago. The ability to stick pieces of bone or stone to a handle marked a key moment in their evolution, showing they had ...