An Unprecedented Trove of Ancient Wooden Tools Uncovered at a Rock Shelter in Spain Shows Neanderthals Were Skilled Woodworkers

Click Here to Read: An Unprecedented Trove of Ancient Wooden Tools Uncovered at a Rock Shelter in Spain Shows Neanderthals Were Skilled Woodworkers by Sara Hashemi in the Smithsonian Magazine on October 13, 2026.

Reconstruction of the physical aspect of a Neandertal man. Museo arqueologico de Asturias (Spain) Image: Hispalois Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

My Family’s Dark, Hidden History With Institutionalization

Click Here to Read: My Family’s Dark, Hidden History With Institutionalization: My great-great-grandfather was the namesake of an infamous institution for the disabled. From long-neglected records of the property, the lives of forgotten people were uncovered on the Nation Magazine substack on October 17, 2026.

Walter E. Fernald State School, now the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Image: Daderot. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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