Multiple Choice
Although the Neandertals are remembered more for their physiques than for their manufacturing abilities, their tool kits were sophisticated. In fact, the Mousterian technology, which Neandertals are associated with,
A) included at least 14 categories of tools designed for different jobs.
B) was characterized by a revolutionary use of metals in combination with wood and stone.
C) provides the first definitive evidence of tool construction based on a template in the mind of the toolmaker.
D) illustrates how blades became progressively more important in human evolution, particularly in Middle and Upper Paleolithic toolmaking.
E) included a very complex technique involving chipping the core bilaterally and symmetrically, something never before seen in hominin toolmaking.
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