I don’t think there is evidence of neanderthals making pottery. Unlikely that they would be able to make alcohol.
I suppose they could make wine, but anything stronger would require distilling. I’m not sure if they were capable of that? Though maybe there were other things they could smoke or ingest. Opium comes to mind, but not sure if that was available in the geographic regions you would find Neanderthals?
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/17/in-the-wild-chimps-likely-ingest-the-equivalent-of-several-alcoholic-drinks-every-day/ Wouldn’t necessarily need pottery.
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s true enough, but also not reliable. There are not perfectly rotten fruits lying around at all times and places to be used for tooth surgery.
Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There are if you start taking them with you because funny fruit makes you feel good.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
ah, yes, alcohol. Why not ! I don’t know where opium grows. In the books they use datura !