Neanderthals likely used the sticky substance to build and repair tools, but it also may have had another important use. With its antibiotic properties, birch tar could also treat wounds. The findings ...

Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone blades onto wooden handles or arrowheads onto shafts. However, we now have ...

Neanderthals probably used birch tar for multiple functions, including treating their wounds, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by a team of researchers led by Tjaark ...

“Backyard Medicine,” by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal, is a book full of natural healing solutions for everyday ailments. Birch has a multitude of historical uses but is less familiar for its ...

Question: Good afternoon, Carol. Here is a photo of some sort of fungi growing on one of our three mature birch trees in the front yard. I have not been able to identify it via the internet, so am ...

Neanderthals probably used birch tar for multiple functions, including treating their wounds, according to a study published March 18, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One by a team of researchers ...