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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed ...

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Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years (Image: Tjaark Siemssen / SWNS) An Oxford study ...

Neanderthals may have used tar made from tree bark as an antiseptic to treat wounds. Modern-day experiments with birch tar show that it has antibiotic properties, regardless of how it is made, hinting ...

The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the ...

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DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - Visitors to the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds will have a new look this spring. Nearly one year after opening the first nature path on the fairgrounds, updated route maps and an ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Crews in Spokane are working this week and next to remove trees in city parks that have been damaged by bark beetle infestation. The city says crews will remove around 250 trees from ...