I found what I thought was a neolithic stone tool in a stream in Colorado. To my surprise it turned out to be a Neanderthal tool.

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So this tool I found over a year ago that I was unable to identify until now appears to be a Neanderthal scraping tool.

I know what you are thinking, there were not Neaderthals in North America 300,000 years ago. The tool is an exact match of what is currently being sold on websites in France and other countries in Europe. I have contacted multiple museums, archaeologists, as well as anthropologists asking to donate the find to their museum or department to have it studied and possibly dated. I continually receive the same response, that there could not be Neaderthals tools in North America unless a collector had purchased the item and subsequently lost it in a mountain stream here in Colorado. Of course it goes against the current narrative, but the lack of desire to even debunk the item is disappointing at best. I have a slight lead that I may donate and send the tool to the museum at the Colorado School of Mines museum in Golden, Colorado. My dilemma is that nobody can gaurantee that there will be any tests done on the tool and by donating it I risk it being buried in a drawer in the back room of the museum never to see the light of day. Just because it goes against the narrative of homo sapien & Neanderthal history I would love to have some people that are interested in the field rejoice with a new discovery. I will keep you posted and I will also reply with a few photos of Neaderthal tools that are being sold on the internet and viewing them side by side the evidence is certain. I hope to truly change an opinion or two on this current narrative and if I can get the anthropology department at the School of Mines to do some tests I think that would be great. Too much history has been hidden or misconstrued for the masses to promote a singular agenda. For example, take a look at all of the artifacts that were confiscated from the Grand Canyon in the early 1900's by the Smithsonian Institute never again to see the light of day. For whatever reason the powers that be are withholding a worldwide civilization from the masses. I find hieroglyphs with near identical Language patterns as Sumerian Cuneiform all over the Southwest. Hopefully I make some headway with this find and deduction just to poke a finger at those who rewrite history believing they are doing humanity a service. It's the truth that sets us free, and how are we to make meaningful discoveries going forward if all of history is a fictional tale that helps to prevent the true history to be given to the common man. Wish me luck on this one and I will do my best!

Thanks everyone, and especially the truth seekers out there that listen to their internal instinct when something just doesn't feel right.

Cheers!
 

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For what it's worth, I'm a British collector of Stone Age lithic tools who has amassed a huge collection of items over a period of more than 40 years. Much of what I have is from Neanderthal occupation sites mainly in France and England, but I have items which are both older and younger than the Neanderthal culture. I see nothing about your rock which suggests it relates to the Neanderthal period, it's tool industries, or that it exhibits any signs of having been crafted as a tool at all.

Good luck convincing the scientific community otherwise. You'll need it!
 

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Welcome to TreasureNet. Sorry even after blowing up the pictures I see nothing that says it is a tool or was even worked by man. What about it tells you it has been worked by man?
 

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No evidence of it being a man-made tool. People see what they want to see. And there is absolutely zero evidence that Neanderthals made it to the Americas. Your find is natural so it's not the first evidence of anything. But your conspiracy theory is at least entertaining.
 

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. I have contacted multiple museums, archaeologists, as well as anthropologists asking to donate the find to their museum or department to have it studied and possibly dated.
Just out of curiosity, what are some of the museums, anthropologists and archeologists you contacted who turned you down and did they ever ask for a picture?
 

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Does the curve on the right of photo #1 & #2 appear to be sharpened? What type of rock is it? If sharp curve looks right, but rest of piece looks mighty rough. It is lacking the many angled surfaces which come together in points and almost pyramidic in design.
 

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Flint scrapers in United States, are quite common.
 

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Here is another type, all photos of the same piece.
 

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If you're wanting some flint scrapers, we have a big rock pile out back. I live just west of the location, Indian tribe that fought with Tecumseh, at the Battle of Tippecanoe, had a village.
 

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Miami Tribe Indian pipe carrier, once told me (when I went to visit him) the more important (or sacred) a stone tool was considered, the more they worked it smooth.
 

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