Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China

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3. Concentrations of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans

is quite high in east Asia, 3% is not unusual. Europe is generally lower with a few exceptions and the lowest is in western sub Saharan Africa.

I'm not surprised these tools are Neanderthal. Their technology was a stable one,stone blanks and tools nearly identical throughout their range and changes in technique happening slowly, if at all. They were creatures of habit and it makes sense that they might have been reluctant to pick up bamboo technology, stickig to the stone that had served them so well.

It's just exciting to find stone tools in China. Modern humans were quick to adapt bamboo technology and used relatively little stone.