Neanderthal 'Swiss Army Knife' Discovered in Belgian Cave

Neanderthal 'Swiss Army Knife' Discovered in Belgian Cave

Neanderthals who lived 130,000 years ago crafted their tools from the bones of one of their deadliest predators.

Ingenious Neanderthal Bone Tool Found in Belgian Cave - Archaeology Magazine

Four bone retouchers (A–D) carved from a cave lion tibia (E) SCLADINA CAVE, BELGIUM—Evidence continues to mount that Neanderthals were a much more intelligent species than scientists originally suspected. Popular Science reports that archaeologists uncovered a remarkable, multifunctional tool from Belgium's Scladina Cave. The utensil was fashioned from the tibia of an extinct cave lion 130,000 years ago and had four different functional componen…