| − | The first fossil humanoid to be identified as such, and the best known, named after remains found in the [[Neanderthal]] valley in western [[Germany]] in 1856. ''Homo sapiens neanderthalensis'' is found throughout [[Europe]] and the [[Near East]]. | + | The first fossil humanoid to be identified as such, and the best known, named after remains found in the [[Neanderthal]] valley in western [[Germany]] in 1856. ''Homo sapiens neanderthalensis'' is found throughout [[Europe]] and the [[Near East]]. Neanderthal man is associated with the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian tool tradition. <ref> Thieme, Hartmut. "Lower to Midle Paleolithic Huntin Spears, and Lithic Tool Traditions." Archaeology, 13, 2003.</ref> |