The Ancient Roots of Drill Technology The discovery of a 59,000 year old drilled out cavity in the Denisova Cave, Siberia, has sent shockwaves through the scientific community.
What's astonishing is not just the age of this find but its implications for understanding Neanderthal behavior and resource management.
The Context of Neanderthal Civilization Neanderthals lived in Europe and Asia during the Middle Pleistocene era, around 400,000 to 40,000 years ago.