Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, the warm period during which Neanderthals hunted turtles at Neumark-Nord. ...

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

Learn how Neanderthals in central Europe hunted pond turtles and likely reused their shells as containers or scooping tools.

Neanderthals hunted turtles but did not rely on them for food - they cleaned and reused the turtle's shells as tools.