The Oldest String Ever Found May Have Been Made By Neanderthals

"There are three bundles of fibers that are twisted counterclockwise, and then those bundles, once they are twisted, are twisted back the other way, clockwise, around each other to form a cord or string," he added.

Cordage was probably in use as far back as half-a-million years ago, Shea said. He noted that some extremely old stone tools appear to have been made to fit handles, and such tools will work loose from a handle pretty swiftly without glue and cordage to keep it bound tight.

We're learning more each day about our hominid ancestors. Neanderthals had more in common with us modern humans than some care to admit.😉

Find me 5 people on twitter who can make string that will last 40,000 years

I thought scientists had thrown away the 'dim' Neanderthal hypothesis years ago?

If someone theorized this before the discovery would you call it a. . . STRING THEORY?

Don't tell this to religious fundamentalist the numbers don't add up.

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...and I can't even tie my shoes

Just enough for H. Sapiens to snuff them out, or co-evolve with them.

So tying a string is so easy that a caveman can do it!

I'll say it. It's the destroy Trump at all costs people doing this operation. Lying about needing vaccines, the desire to spend billions on study of a cure while breaking the economy.

What?! Experts were wrong.....again?

Amazing!!!!

duh

What made scientists think they were unintelligent in the first place?

It was space aliens.

Next to the string they found this

The unintelligent Neanderthal is actually a popular misconception that science has long debunked. Here's an article from 2003:

Neanderthals were plenty smart. If one climbed onto a crowded bus no one would notice anything unusual.

“Weren’t as unintelligent as scientists had long assumed.” Scientists haven’t thought that even remotely in over 50 years, probably more.

aThoughttt weeellll

What would Jesus think of this?

I are still smart.

Show drawing paintings writing systems.

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