Sculpture: ©2010, John Gurche | Photo: Chip Clark, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
With an awl, a female Neanderthal pokes holes in an animal hide. She will use strips of animal tissue to lace together a loose-fitting garment. Like a modern human child, her curious two-year-old learns as he watches. Although stronger and brawnier, Neanderthals were like us in many ways.
