The Châtelperronian period is the name given to similar Upper Paleolithic Neanderthal (probably) stone tool assemblages, from about 40,000 to 34,000 years ago. Mostly the tools were made from stone flakes, thin, sharp pieces of flint. If this is indeed a stone tool kit produced by Neanderthals, it is one of the very few known.
See the Guide to the Châtelperronian for far more detail concerning the Neanderthal/Early Modern Human transition.
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