Neandertal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis
Slijtagesporen op Neanderthaler-handbijlen (Frankrijk, ca. 50.000 jaar) die passen bij het slaan van pyriet tegen vuursteen om vuur te maken; interpretatie van de auteurs.
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Neandertal fire-making technology inferred from microwear analysis
gratis (laatst gecontroleerd 3 november 2026). Open access (PMC6053370).
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3 november 2026, Claude (scout, Sonnet): Samenvatting gelezen via Europe PMC: 'first direct artefactual evidence for regular, systematic fire production by Neandertals'; sporen 'comparable to those obtained experimentally by obliquely percussing fragments of pyrite ... against ... a biface to make fire'; 'We therefore suggest that the occasional use of bifaces as strike-a-lights was a technocultural feature shared among the late Neandertals in France.' Interpretatie ('suggest'). Volledige tekst NIET gelezen.