New evidence suggests Neanderthals gathered clam shells and volcanic rock from the bottom of the Mediterranean, which they fashioned into tools. The work is yet more evidence that Neanderthals often ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Neanderthals living on the coast of what is now Italy dived underwater to collect shells which they then made into tools, ...

Archaeological evidence has upended our image of Neanderthals in the last couple of decades. We've learned that these extinct human relatives may have decorated their bodies, buried their dead and ...

Around 100,000 years ago, in what is now Italy, our Neandertal cousins waded out into the shallow coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea in search of clams. They grabbed the mollusks from the ...