Scientists say turtle shells could hold clues to secret side of Neanderthal behavior

Scientists say Neanderthals processed pond turtle shells into tools like ladles and scoops, based on cut marks found on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Turtles May Have Been Tasty Snacks for Neanderthals 125,000 Years Ago. But Their Shells Were Probably the Real Prize

New research based on fragments discovered at the Neumark-Nord site in Germany suggests Neanderthals may have transformed the ...

Neanderthal children in central Europe may have hunted turtles for materials, not for food

The study also floated the possibility that the turtles had been hunted for “their taste or for an assumed medicinal value. ” ...
Ancient Origins

Neanderthal Turtle Hunting: Shells Used as Tools in Central Europe

Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, ...