A 45,000-year-old crystal tool found in France suggests Neanderthals chose beauty as well as practicality

A small piece of translucent quartz discovered in a French cave nearly a century ago has continued to reshape the way scientists view Neanderthals. The object, a carefully worked rock crystal scraper, was not made from the materials these prehistoric toolmakers usually relied upon.

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