Scientists Discover Neanderthals Used Rhino Teeth as Stone Tool Hammers

Long before written memory, a Neanderthal held a rhinoceros tooth and saw not remnant but instrument — a hammer capable of shaping stone into purpose. Researchers have now confirmed, through careful experimental archaeology, that these ancient hominins deliberately repurposed rhino teeth as percussive tools in their stone-crafting process. The discovery, emerging from the comparison of lab-replicated wear patterns with those on archaeological specimens, quietly expands the boundary of what we have been willing to believe about Neanderthal minds. It is a reminder that ingenuity does not begin w