When Neanderthals dominated Europe, it was likely that wood was at least as important to them as stone for working into tools https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592417-neanderthal-europe-was-as-much-a-wooden-age-as-a-stone-age/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1792307928