Neandertals dove and harvested clamshells for tools near Italy’s shores
Stone Age human relatives shed their reputation as one-trick mammoth hunters
![clamshells](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/011420_bb_neadertal-divers_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Surface characteristics of clamshells such as these, found in a coastal Italian cave, suggest that Neandertals gathered the shells on a beach and in shallow water before sharpening their edges for use as tools.
P. Villa et al/PLOS ONE 2020