Wisdom teeth: Rhino remains cast light on Neanderthals' resourcefulness

‘Grizzly’ Neanderthals have been depicted as brutal and sub-human. They were deemed to have been artistically challenged. However, paintings left by them on the walls of caves suggest otherwise
Woolly rhinos roamed Europe and Asia during the last Ice Age. All had become extinct, perhaps due to climate change, by 10,000 BC.

Woolly rhinos roamed Europe and Asia during the last Ice Age. All had become extinct, perhaps due to climate change, by 10,000 BC.

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson - The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 

Todays’ rhinoceroses live in warm climates. But that wasn’t always the case. 'Woolly’ rhinos roamed Europe and Asia during the last Ice Age. 

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