Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
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Archaeologists cataloged 597 wooden remains from a rock shelter near Barcelona, Spain, dating from 62,000 to 40,000 years ago, including spears, digging sticks, bark trays, shelter parts, and a previously unseen club, preserved as mineral casts after wood decomposed inside travertine limestone crusts.
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