Neanderthal birch tar oldest evidence

Neanderthals made birch tar much earlier

Neanderthals were making tar from birch bark by about 200,000 years ago. The oldest evidence that modern humans used the same process dates to about 20,000 years ago, leaving a roughly 180,000-year gap in the archaeological record.

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Neanderthal birch tar oldest evidence

Neanderthals made birch tar much earlier

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