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Neanderthals: A Textual Analysis
Hello Munther,
It is interesting to me that before Neanderthals were considered very primitive, brute, with no language, no art, even lacking the same intelligence as modern humans, but the image is being replace with the evidence that proves how smart they really were. Making the glue used for the spears and engineering tools are just some examples that show how advance in technology they really were.
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