Vanguard Cave, part of the UNESCO Gorham’s Cave complex, holds a secret: neanderthals built a hearth within for making glue, 65,000 years ago. Source: Gipmetal77; Victuallers / CC BY-SA 3.0.

65,000-Year-Old Gibraltar Neanderthals Built an Oven for Making Glue

A new discovery in Gibraltar may finally confirm a long held theory about Neanderthals. While we know they knew how to make fire, now we know to make ovens too. Existing theories abound about neanderthal hearths and the structures built around them to capture and enhance their heat, primarily for extracting tar which they used