#Vortrag am #LEIZA in #Mainz

"A Mousterian Century: results and perspectives from new excavations at #LeMoustier, Dordogne" von Brad Gravina (Musée national de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies & University of Bordeaux, France) in der Reihe #TimeTalks

5.12.24 um 18 Uhr

www.leiza.de/kalender/det...

Sticky stones 🪨

Re-examining 40k y/o #StoneTools from #LeMoustier stored here in Berlin's Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, P. Schmidt et al. could trace back #Neanderthal #glue made from ochre & bitumen, as reported in @ScienceAdvances 10(8),...

Ochre-based compound adhesives at the Mousterian type-site document complex cognition and high investment The oldest ochre-based compound adhesives of Europe were found at Le Moustier, highlighting similarities with the African record.

Sticky stones 🪨🏺

Re-examining 40,000 y/o #StoneTools from #LeMoustier, France, stored here in Berlin's Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, P. Schmidt et al. could trace back #Neanderthal glue made from ochre & bitumen, as they report in Science Advance 10(8), 2024:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...