Neanderthal Tools Were a Match for Early Homo Sapiens'

Archaeologists have recreated the stone tools made by Neanderthals, and found them to be as useful and efficient as those made by the earliest Homo sapiens, who survived while the Neanderthal line died off. The new research is one of many recent studies claiming that Neanderthals weren't just dumb brutes that were out-competed by early humans. Says lead researcher Metin Eren: