Neanderthals and Early Homo Sapiens

The differences in the tools used by the Neanderthals compared to Early Homo Sapiens are due to the environment around them and their hunting styles.  When hunting Neanderthals would approach their prey closely and attack with tool that used a lunging motion. This is why many of the remains left by Neanderthals are littered with broken bones and fractures. Homo Sapiens on the other hand, would attack their prey from a distance. Going off this idea of hunting prey from afar in could be the result of Homo sapiens realizing they had a better chance at survival. This led to the development of bow and arrows, fishhooks, harpoons, and spear throwers. Many of the tools used by Neanderthals included sharp-edge tools and disk flakes. The disk flakes of Neanderthals, which wasted less rocks, suffered less breaks, and actually had a more of a cutting edge compared to the straight blades of early Homo sapiens (33).  This is because Homo sapiens also began to use different materials for their tools rather than just stone. Using their increasing cognitive abilities, Homo sapiens began to use bone, antler, and other materials in their creation of tools that lead to lighter, more versatile tools. One could say that the Neanderthals perfected the old ways of tool making, while the Homo sapiens began to develop new way.