The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the ...

In a new study conducted by the University of Cologne, the University of Oxford, the University of Liège and Cape Breton University in Canada, researchers used methods that Neanderthals also used to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed ...

Learn how researchers recreated birch tar and tested its antibacterial properties, revealing how Neanderthals may have used natural materials to manage wounds and infection. A sticky, black substance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birch bark pitch. (Jorre/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) Relatives of modern humans may have created and used a sticky substance ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A primitive Neandertal glue used to make tools may also have been a go-to antibiotic for the hominids. A new study of the sticky substance, published March 18 in PLOS One, raises the possibility that ...

The interesting thing about "alternative medicine" is that despite their often well-deserved reputation as quackery, the stuff from way back in the day for the very common things was remarkable ...