Archaeological Study Finds Neanderthals May Have Been First Home Makers
Carefully organized homes found during excavations
They are frequently portrayed as primitive cave-dwelling brutes, but it seems that Neanderthals were the original home makers.
A study of archaeological remains at a site where Neanderthals lived up to 100,000 years ago has shown that they carefully organised their shelters.
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