Neanderthals Were the First To Use Specialized Bone Tools 33
An anonymous reader writes "Humans have progressed and evolved creating complex tools throughout the years. Based on artifacts and fossils in combination with research, scientists have known that people have used tools made from all kinds of materials. Now in a new study, two research teams discovered that the first specialized set of bone tools were created by Neanderthals in Europe."
First in Europe, not First Worldwide (Score:5, Informative)
McPherron cautioned that the researchers are not suggesting that Neanderthals were the first to make bone tools.
"There are sophisticated bone tools that are even older in Africa, for instance," McPherron said. "Neanderthals were, however, the first in Europe to make specialized bone tools."
http://www.livescience.com/38821-neanderthal-bone-tool-discovered.html