Study dates first use of bone tools by Neandertals to 40,000 years ago User RicochetScience, in the Biology subreddit, 24 Sep 2013
Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe "Because these finds clearly predate the oldest known age for the use of similar objects in Europe by anatomically modern humans, they could also be evidence for cultural diffusion from Neandertals to modern humans." User Libertatea, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 21 Sep 2013
Neandertals made the first bone tools, evidence for "cultural diffusion" from Neandertals to modern humans. (full color pdf) User Pink_Freud_, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 13 Aug 2013