Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar As Ancient Antibiotic, Study Finds A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.

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Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar As Ancient Antibiotic, Study Finds A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.

#Neanderthals May Have Used #BirchTar As #Ancient #Antibiotic, Study Finds

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Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.

Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar #Science #Biology #Anthropology #Neanderthals #Antiseptics #BirchTar

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Königsaue, Germany (~80 ka): Neanderthals made birch-bark tar in low-oxygen pits and used it to haft stone tools—the earliest known synthetic material. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Neanderthals #BirchTar
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"Instead of creating cognitively demanding structures, this method consists of simply burning bark close to cobbles in a hearth."

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