Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites. People from several modern Indigenous cultures, in ...

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A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.

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Scientists say Neanderthals probably used birch tar for several purposes, including treating wounds. The post Neanderthals may have used birch tree bark extract to treat wounds appeared first on ...

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Neanderthals probably used birch tar for multiple functions, including treating their wounds, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by a team of researchers led by Tjaark ...