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And there's (more recent) studies claiming they did: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-neanderthals-sparked-their-own-fire-180969714/ ht

And there's (more recent) studies claiming they did: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-neanderthals-sparked-their-own-fire-180969714/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-nea... http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/neanderthals-start-fire-07742.html http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/neanderthals-start-fire-...

ptrott2017 7y ago
and other findings that indicate they used it as part of tool fabrication processes https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/neanderthal-glue-was-a-bigger-deal-than-we-thought/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/neanderthal-glue-was...